Document Page: First | Prev | Next | All | Image | This Release | Search

               upon exposure.  Inhalation of high concentrations can be fatal in 10

               minutes.  For emergency response, a positive pressure,                       full facepiece

               self-contained breathing apparatus and fully encapsulating suit are

               required.  The U.S. Department of Transportation classifies lewisite as

               poison A.


               MUSTARD GAS


               M~~~~5~t~~~d~~~~~~5,~ s~~li~O, ~y~b~li,5~t~~~i~~~~g~~~~~~t~~  i~itO~i~ib~eall ~~~~~t~5~~O~f~~~~~t~~~


               toxic fumes of oxides of sulfur and chlorine compounds. a Contact with


               to small quantities.  Health effects include permanent eye damage, severe

               respiratory impairment, and fatal pulmonary lesions.                        Mustard gas is also

}              a carcinogen.  For emergency response, a positive pressure,                       full

               facepiece, self-contained breathing apparatus and fully encapsulating are
               required.  The U.S. Department of Transportation classifies mustard gas

               as poison A.


               TABUN


.3             Tabun, a nerve agent, is extremely poisonous and toxic by all exposure

               pathways:  inhalation, skin, eyes, and ingestion.                        It is an

               organophosphorus insectide with effects similar to those of parathion.                        A
               cholinesterase inhibitor, contact with tabun causes death through

`I             respiration in 1 to 2 minutes.  Liquid in the eyes causes death nearly as

               rapidly.  Absorption of a fatal dose through the skin may occur in 1 to 2
j              minutes, but death may be delayed for 1 to 2 hours.                        Reaction byproducts

               of tabun include toxic fumes of phosphorus and nitrogen oxides, and

               hydrolysis of tabun will produce hydrogen cyanide.                        Exposure to tabun
               will cause twitching, jerking, staggering,                       convulsions, coma, and death.

               For emergency response, a positive pressure,                       full facepiece, self-

               contained breathing apparatus and fully encapsulating suit are required.

               The U.S. Department of Transportation clasifies tabun as poison A.


j              gb/opds/cepp                                               3

Document Page: First | Prev | Next | All | Image | This Release | Search