Fact Sheets and Publications

MMWR Notes from the Field

• Notes from the Field: Exposures to Discarded Sulfur Mustard Munitions — Mid-Atlantic and New England States 2004–2012. MMWR. 2013; 62(16):315-6.

Publications

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergency room procedures in chemical hazard emergencies.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Final recommendations for protecting human health from potential adverse effects of exposure to agents GA (tabun), GB (sarin), and VX. Fed Reg. 2003;68(196):58348-51.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Interim Recommendations for Airborne Exposure Limits for Chemical Warfare Agents H and HD (Sulfur Mustard). Fed Reg. 2004;69(85):24164-8.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Final recommendations for protecting the health and safety against potential adverse effects of long-term exposure to low doses of agents: GA, BV, VX, mustard agent (H, HD, Y), and Lewisite (L). Fed Reg. 1988. Note: Recommendations for GA, VX, H, and HD were updated in 2003 and 2004 (see above). The recommendations for Lewisite (L) have not changed. They are under review.
• Rogers HW. Incinerator air emissions: inhalation exposure perspectives. J Environ Health. 1995;58(5):22-15.
• Ruiz P, Begluitti G, Tincher T, Wheeler J, Mumtaz M. Prediction of acute mammalian toxicity using QSAR methods: a case study of sulfur mustard and its breakdown products. Molecules. 2012;17(8):8982-9001.

Safe disposal of chemical weapons: interview with Harvey Rogers, 1997 [provided for historical reference only].

Infographics

• U.S. Chemical Weapons Elimination Timeline
• Recovery of Chemical Weapons: An Overview

Fact Sheets

• Elimination of Chemical Weapons: CDC's Role
• History of U.S. Chemical Weapons Elimination
• Methods Used to Destroy Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Incineration
• Offsite Shipment of Secondary Waste and Hydrolysate
• Worker Protection
• Engineering Controls
  • Air Monitoring for Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Warfare Agent Exposure Limits
• Closing U.S. Chemical Warfare Agent Disposal Facilities
• CDC Participation in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

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Reports

Decontamination and Clearance of U.S. Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities, January 2017

Document [PDF - 1.21 MB]

CDC Recommendations to the U.S. Army for Protecting Public Health During Chemical Weapons Elimination: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2010

Report [PDF - 641 KB]

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

Report [PDF - 1.77 MB]

Technical Investigation Report: Release of GB at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) on May 8-9, 2000

Report [PDF - 1.46 MB]

Common Acronyms