Surface and Dermal Monitoring for Toxic Exposures

Surface and Dermal Monitoring for Toxic Exposures
Author: Shirley A. Ness
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 582
Release: 1994-08-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780471285649

The first comprehensive guide to all surface and dermal sampling methods. Written by one of the nation's foremost sampling experts, this authoritative guide offers an integrated approach that combines surface and dermal sampling methods with air and biological monitoring techniques.

Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern

Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern
Author: Marc Williams
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 725
Release: 2015-05-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128004800

Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern is a compendium of chemical-specific toxicity information with discussions on the rationale and development of Wildlife Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs) intended for use on terrestrial wildlife for risk assessment applications. Substances covered include military-related chemicals including explosives, propellants, pesticides and metals. Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern is a much-needed resource designed to meet the needs of those seeking toxicological information for ecological risk assessment purposes. Each chapter targets a specific chemical and considers the current knowledge of the toxicological impacts of chemicals to terrestrial wildlife including mammalian, avian, amphibian and reptilian species. - Provides detailed information on how Wildlife Toxicity Values (TRVs) for military chemicals of concern are derived and evaluated. - Covers wildlife toxicity assessments of explosives, metals and environmental chemicals. - Compiles relevant information on the environmental effects of chemicals on wildlife in relation to public and environmental health.

Monitoring Human Tissues for Toxic Substances

Monitoring Human Tissues for Toxic Substances
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1991-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309044375

The National Human Monitoring Program (NHMP) identifies concentrations of specific chemicals in human tissues, including toxicologic testing and risk assessment determinations. This volume evaluates the current activities of the NHMP; identifies important scientific, technical, and programmatic issues; and makes recommendations regarding the design of the program and use of its products.

Air Monitoring for Toxic Exposures

Air Monitoring for Toxic Exposures
Author: Henry J. McDermott
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2004-10-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 047167057X

Get the Latest from the Field This book offers ready-to-use information for measuring a wide variety of airborne hazardous materials including chemicals, radon, and bioaerosols. It provides the latest procedures for air sampling, collecting biological and bulk samples, evaluating dermal exposures, and determining the advantages and limitations of a given air monitoring method.

Exposure Assessment for Epidemiology and Hazard Control

Exposure Assessment for Epidemiology and Hazard Control
Author: Acgih
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1990-11-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780873711975

What agents should be measured? How should measurement be performed and what averaging time should be used for the measurement? What sampling strategy should be employed to characterize exposures across individuals, locations, and time? What durations of exposure should be characterized? What statistical descriptors should be used to relate exposure to effect? Exposure Assessment for Epidemiology and Hazard Control examines various approaches to answering these and other important questions. Other topics discussed include the measurement of current exposures (e.g., vapors, gases, aerosols, and complex mixtures); the application of toxicological relationships, including biological markers and sample models; an epidemiological evaluation of exposure-effect relationships, including new methods for effect evaluation and models for population exposure estimates; and strategies for exposure assessment, such as biological sampling interpretation through toxicokinetic processes. This important new volume contains essential information for industrial hygienists, epidemiologists, occupational health physicians, toxicologists, and immunologists.

Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune

Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2009-09-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309136997

In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The water systems were supplied by the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point watertreatment plants, which served enlisted-family housing, barracks for unmarried service personnel, base administrative offices, schools, and recreational areas. The Hadnot Point water system also served the base hospital and an industrial area and supplied water to housing on the Holcomb Boulevard water system (full-time until 1972 and periodically thereafter). This book examines what is known about the contamination of the water supplies at Camp Lejeune and whether the contamination can be linked to any adverse health outcomes in former residents and workers at the base.

Dermal Exposure

Dermal Exposure
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: Environmental Health Criteria
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789241572422

"IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety."

Toxicologic Assessment of Jet-Propulsion Fuel 8

Toxicologic Assessment of Jet-Propulsion Fuel 8
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2003-02-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0309168708

This report provides a critical review of toxicologic, epidemiologic, and other relevant data on jet-propulsion fuel 8, a type of fuel in wide use by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and an evaluation of the scientific basis of DOD's interim permissible exposure level of 350 mg/m3

Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces

Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2000-04-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309068754

Since Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Gulf War veterans have expressed concerns about health effects that could be associated with their deployment and service during the war. Although similar concerns were raised after other military operations, the Gulf War deployment focused national attention on the potential, but uncertain, relationship between the presence of chemical and biological (CB) agents and other harmful agents in theater and health symptoms reported by military personnel. Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces which is one of the four two-year studies, examines the detection and tracking of exposures of deployed personnel to multiple harmful agents.