Final recommendations for protecting human health from potential adverse effects of exposure to agents GA (tabun), GB (sarin), and VX

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice.
• Description:
  Agents GA, GB, and VX are stored and are in the process of being destroyed by the Department of Defense (DoD). Public Law 99-145 (50 U.S.C. 1521) mandates that all unitary (self-contained) lethal chemical munitions be destroyed. Public Law 91-121 and Public Law 91- 441 (50 U.S.C 1512) mandate that the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) review DoD plans for disposing of these munitions and make recommendations to protect public health.
  
  Federal Register Citation: 68 FR 58348
  
  FR Doc Number: 03-25583
  
  03-25583.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Chemical Hazard Release Chemical Warfare Agents/toxicity Cholinesterase Inhibitors/toxicity Environmental Exposure Organophosphates/toxicity Organothiophosphorus Compounds/toxicity Sarin/toxicity
• Source:
  Federal register 2003; 68(196):58348-51
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  p. 58348-58351
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:248ca20eb1b34f72e3c48750257baeaec7b09c9aa3e96a95bfafdadcc28d8599
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/131327/cdc_131327_DS1.pdf
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