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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
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April 2005
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The U.S. Army proposal for caustic VX hydrolysate (CVXH) transportation, treatment, and discharge into the Delaware River has raised concerns and questions about potential impacts on public health and the environment. This report describes the findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) evaluation of this proposal. CVXH is the waste product of the hydrolysis reaction of nerve agent
VX, water, and sodium hydroxide that will be generated at the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NECDF) in Newport, Indiana. The proposal is to transport CVXH from NECDF to the DuPont Secure Environmental Treatment (SET) Chambers Works facility in Deepwater, New Jersey, for secondary treatment and subsequent discharge in the
Delaware River. Please note that the term CVXH is referred to in some reports as Newport caustic hydrolysate or NCH.
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