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Engineering controls

May 31, 2013
By National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice.
Series: Chemical weapons elimination

[PDF-211.90 KB]

English

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National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice.
Description:

Engineering controls are the first line of defense in protecting the public when a chemical agent is being destroyed at one of the Department of Defense’s chemical weapons disposal facilities:

• Airborne chemical vapors are contained within the disposal facility by a strong airflow system that pulls air toward the main operations area and special exhaust outlets.

• Strong exhaust airflow means that air can only move in one direction – back into the facility. This keeps contaminated air from escaping from the facility.

• Air captured by the exhaust system goes through special carbon filters that effectively removes the chemical agent.

• Air is monitored throughout the process by sensitive equipment on back-up power supplies to ensure chemical agents do not escape into worker areas or the community.
Subjects:

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Chemical Warfare Agents Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Strategic Stockpile
Series:

Chemical weapons elimination
Document Type:

Webpage
Place as Subject:

United States
Collection(s):

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha256:d4cf1299e67d0ff2abccbb526583bb34420c51da7d8fc60295de1de316de8709
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/130774/cdc_130774_DS1.pdf
File Type:

ecfs.htm

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