Guidelines for chemical warfare agents in military field drinking water / Subcommittee on Guidelines for Military Field Drinking-Water Quality, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-65).

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Guidelines for Chemical Warfare Agents in Military Field Drinking Water -- Copyright -- RECENT REPORTS Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- AGENT BZ -- ORGANOPHOSPHORUS NERVE AGENTS -- SULFUR MUSTARD AGENTS -- T-2 TOXIN -- LEWISITE -- CYANIDE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Guidelines for 3-Quinuclidinyl Benzilate -- INTRODUCTION -- TOXICITY -- FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS -- SUMMARY -- FIELD DRINKING-WATER GUIDELINE COMPUTATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

3 Guidelines for Organophosphorus Nerve AgentsINTRODUCTION -- TOXICITY -- EXPOSURE AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING -- FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Guidelines for Sulfur Mustard Agents -- INTRODUCTION -- TOXICITY -- CANCER-RISK ESTIMATE -- EXTRAPOLATION DIFFICULTIES -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 5 Guidelines for T-2 Toxin -- INTRODUCTION -- FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 Guidelines for Lewisite -- INTRODUCTION -- TOXICITY AND MECHANISM OF ACTION

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS7 Guidelines for Cyanide -- INTRODUCTION -- TOXICITY -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- References -- Appendix A -- Criteria for Developing Field Drinking-Water Standards -- INTRODUCTION -- CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPING FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS -- Characteristics of the Population at Risk -- Water Consumption Rates and Exposure Periods -- Objectives of Field Drinking-Water Standards -- Data Requirements -- Toxic Effects -- Uncertainty Factors -- MODIFICATIONS TO FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS -- REFERENCES

Appendix BCapability for Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents in Field Drinking Water -- REFERENCES

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