SAFETY OF USE MSG OP AMCCOM NO 35 90 HANDLING

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Subject = SAFETY OF USE MSG  OP AMCCOM NO 35 90 HANDLING                  

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit = 24TH ID     

Folder Title = INCOMING MSG  -  DESERT SHIELD  G4  NOV 90   1 OF 4                                             

Document Number =          8

Box ID = BX001424








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     INFO RuClAFRICoRAMCCOM ROCK ISLANN IL //AMSMC-OSM-D//
     R 0615307 NOV 90
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     .-. 1. 'RECENT-STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. ARMY ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE
     -AGENCY CUSAEHA) HAVF SfiOWN THAT THE' SOLID RESIDUE PRODUCED BY OPEN
     @AIR BURNING OF m6 PROPELLANT MAY RE HAZARDOUS. RESEARCH IS ON-GOTNG
     -.TO QLJANTIFY THE POTENTIAL HAZARD OF THE RESIDUE AS WELL AS In
     @....,CHARACTERIZE WORKER EXPOSURE AT INSTALLATION BURNING GROUNDS.
     SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS ARE FXHIRTTED BY "I PROPETLANT RESIDUE Ar4D
     HANDLING PROCEF)URES SHOULD RE THF SAME AS THAT PRESCRIBED FOR M6.
     2.   UNTrt DEFINITE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE* RECOMMEND THE
     INITrA'rlC.V OF PRUnEf4T OCCUPATIONAL. HEALTH MEASURES FnP wOPKF.9?S
     CHRONICALLY EXPOSED To M6 Atdn ml PROPELLANT COMBUSIION RESIDUE.
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