Review of the Army's Technical Guides on Assessing and Managing Chemical Hazards to Deployed Personnel

Subcommittee on the Toxicological Risks to Deployed Military Personnel, Committee on Toxicology, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Review of the Army's Technical Guidance; 5 3 Review of Key Concepts, Assumptions, and Decisions Made in Developing TG-248, TG-230, and RD-230; 6 4 A New Set of Exposure Guidelines: Chemical Casualty Estimating Guidelines; 7 5 Process for Establishing and Applying Military Exposure Guidelines; 8 Appendix A Errata, Inconsistencies, and Comments on Specific Aspects of TG-248, TG-230, and RD-230; 9 Appendix B Review of Acceptable Cancer Risk Levels; 10 Appendix C Example Use of Probits for Developing Chemical Casualty Estimating Guidelines; 11 Appendix D Critical Studies and Uncertainty Factors Used in Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Chemical Warfare Agents; 12 Appendix E Probabilistic Approach to Address Exposure to Multiple Chemicals for Course-of-Action Analysis; 13 Appendix F Biographical Information on the Subcommittee on Toxicological Risks to Deployed Military Personnel; 14 Appendix G Definitions