J Toxicol Env Heal A
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J Toxicol Env Heal A · Mar 2000
Review of the U.S. Army's health risk assessments for oral exposure to six chemical-warfare agents. Introduction.
The U. S. Army is under a congressional mandate and the Chemical Weapons Convention of January 1993 to destroy its entire stockpile of chemical munitions. ⋯ Furthermore, although the most likely routes of exposure to chemical-warfare agents at these sites are the inhalation and dermal routes, the subcommittee was only asked to evaluate toxicological risk from the oral route at this time. The Army is in the process of developing inhalation exposure guidelines. The subcommittee was also not asked to address issues related to risk management, such as technology, detection, and feasibility.