A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Ruckart, Perri Zeitz ; Orr, Maureen ; Pałaszewska-Tkacz, Anna ; Dewan, Aruna ; Kapil, Vikas
• Description:
  We describe a collaborative effort between the U.S., India, and Poland to track acute chemical releases during 2005-2007. In all three countries, fixed facility events were more common than transportation-related events; manufacturing and transportation/warehousing were the most frequently involved industries; and equipment failure and human error were the primary contributing factors. The most commonly released non-petroleum substances were ammonia (India), carbon monoxide (U.S.) and mercury (Poland). More events in India (54%) resulted in victims compared with Poland (15%) and the U.S. (9%). The pilot program showed it is possible to successfully conduct international surveillance of acute hazardous substances releases with careful interpretation of the findings.
• Subjects:
  Accidents Air Pollutants Article Hazardous Substances Humans International Cooperation Pilot Projects Public Health
• Source:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009; 6(9):2375-2386.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  India ; Poland ; United States
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:40c427269fa191907c3c2a10e5cc7277a807cba3e51ab8e1989b4adf5c0ba895
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/4011/cdc_4011_DS1.pdf
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