Exposure Levels for Chemical Threat Compounds; Information to Facilitate Chemical Incident Response

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2013 · Journal of Emergency Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2013.0151· OSTI ID:1098174

Hauschild, Veronique ^[1]; Watson, Annetta Paule ^[2]

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1. U.S. Army Public Health Command
2. ORNL

Exposure Standards, Limits and Guidelines for Chemical Threat Compunds ABSTRACT Exposure criteria for chemical warfare (CW) agents and certain toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) used as CW agents (such as chlorine fill in an improvised explosive device) have been developed for protection of the civilian general public, civilian employees in chemical agent processing facilities and deployed military populations. In addition, compound-specific concentrations have been developed to serve as how clean is clean enough clearance criteria guiding facility recovery following chemical terrorist or other hazardous release events. Such criteria are also useful to verify compound absence, identify containment boundaries and expedite facility recovery following chemical threat release. There is no single right value or concentration appropriate for all chemical hazard control applications. It is acknowledged that locating and comparing the many sources of CW agent and TIC exposure criteria has not been previously well-defined. This paper summarizes many of these estimates and assembles critical documentation regarding their derivation and use.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: ORNL work for others
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1098174
• Journal Information: Journal of Emergency Management, Journal Name: Journal of Emergency Management Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 11; ISSN 1543-5865
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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