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Fact Sheets
- Elimination of Chemical Weapons: CDC's Role
- History of U.S. Chemical Weapons Elimination
- Methods Used to Destroy Chemical Warfare Agents
- Offsite Shipment of Secondary Waste and Hydrolysate
- Worker Protection
- Engineering Controls
- Closing U.S. Chemical Warfare Agent Disposal Facilities
- CDC Participation in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
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Reports
CDC Recommendations to the U.S. Army for Protecting Public Health During Chemical Weapons Elimination: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2010
Review of the Revised Plan for Off-site Treatment of Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility's Caustic VX Hydrolysate at DuPont Secure Environmental Treatment Facility in Deepwater, New Jersey: A Report to Congress, 2006
Report Summary [PDF - 53 KB]
Report [PDF - 675 KB]
EPA Review - Item 4 Addendum [PDF - 104 KB]
Review of the U.S. Army Proposal for Off-site Treatment and Disposal of Caustic VX Hydrolysate from the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility: A Report to Congress, 2005
Technical Investigation Report: Release of GB at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) on May 8-9, 2000
Other Publications
Incinerator Air Emissions: Inhalation Exposure Perspectives
Rogers HW. Journal of Environmental Health. 1995;58(5):22-15.
Safe Disposal of Chemical Weapons
Gottschall C (ed). Chemical Health and Safety. January/February 1997;4(1):38-41.
Emergency Room Procedures in Chemical Hazard Emergencies
Final Recommendations for Protecting
Human Health From Potential Adverse Effects of Exposure to Agents GA (Tabun), GB (Sarin), and VX [PDF - 153 KB]
Federal Register. 2003;68(196):58348.
Interim Recommendations for Airborne Exposure Limits for
Chemical Warfare Agents H and HD (Sulfur Mustard) [PDF - 35 KB]
Federal Register. 2004;69(85):24164.
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