PERSONNEL HAZARDS ASSOC WITH EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE

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Subject: PERSONNEL HAZARDS ASSOC WITH EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE       

Unit: USS J.F.KENN

Parent Organization: NAVCENTCOM  

Box ID: BX300090

Folder Title: INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION SUPPORT MESSAGES 17 JAN - 26 FEB 1991 CNA 1571                       

Document Number:         64

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      SUPPLIES JF LA-',ISTEHS ARE AVAILABLE IT 15 RECOMMENDED THAT
      CANISTERS CUNT4MIF@ATEL KITH HYDRLCARBONS BE REPLACED AFTER A
      CHER,!ILAL ATTACKI IF OIL HAS PENETRATED THE CANISTERSP THESE MUST
      HE REPLACED.                                            0
      E3, (Li) IT IS I-IPCKTANT TO NOTE ALSO THAT TOE CANISTERS KILL KCT
      PROTELT AGAI-VST GASES RELEASED IN A FIREO E,Goo CARBON MONOXIDE,
      C. @IF CWUS HAVE COME IN DIRECT CONTACT KITH OIL (OR OTHER POL
      PROuiJCTS),, 17 i'IAY BE ASSUMED THAT CHEMICAL AGENT PRUTECTRON OF THE
      SUIT IS LLiSig UTL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING S@OULD BE REPLACED AS SOON
      AS PnssiBLE, OSE CF RAIN GEAR LVLR THE CPCS 6ILL MINIMIZE THE
      PL)SbIbILITY U@ OTL CONTAMINATION (Itv BOAT CPEOOATRONSO FUR EXAMPLE)@
      l@ UTL Cl,@:Eb I,, DIRECT CONTACT ffITH A SUIT ALREADY CONTAMINATED
      KITH. CHEr'ICAL AGEi4TB, THERE IS A HIGH PRCHABILITY THAT THE CHEMICAL
      AGE     LL FttgLTRATE THE SUIT,
      3.      EFFLLT@ CF HYDROGEN SUL@IUE:
      Al      PYDkuGr.14 SLLFIDE IS A HIGHLY TOXIC GAS (COMPARABLE IN
      TUXICITY TO t4YuREGEN CYANIDE) KITH A OISTINCT C,DCR OF RUTTEN
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      EGGS. H@uRkjLL.i SULFIDE IS RELEASED INTO TOE ATPOSP14ERE PRIMARILY
      AS .4 GAS I?@ Ttit 1w.PoE()IATE VICINITY OF AN CIL V4ELL DISCHAPCPE CR
      6NHFkF. A AELLPILAO EYPLOSION HAS LCCURRLD@ SOME I-YDRUGEN SUL@IDE IS
      t)lSSGL@ED Iii TlL CRLir)E OIL AND GRADUALLY RELEASED,, HCI%EVER THE
      CL@NCEI@THAIIU., IS IKSIGNIFICAN'T LCIVPARED TC THE GAS RELEASED
      F,IRLC7LY il,.IU INE ATMOSPHERE, IF THE CIL @ELL IS ON FIREO THE
      li@CI'JkkATIfJ,% AqL; T@LPROAL tFPEcTS HENDER TOE HYDROGEN SULFIDE
      ESSE@,7IIiLLY r'AKrLESS.
EHSL-NNEL SHUIJLF) St
      MINIVAL SINCE 4IGNTFICANT CONLENTKATIONS ABOVE THE THRESHOLD LIMIT
      VALUE (7Lv) FLr( EXPOSURE GEfiFkALLY EXIST CNLV IN 714L IMMEDIATE
      VI     Y L)F AN OTL HFLL DISCHARGE@
      C,     THE ,MLiLEPiTTE CHARCOAL IN THE Cl ANLJ C2 CANISTERS USED w?TH
      THE r'K V A'4L) lvkL)-2,OP SERIES PliC7ELTIVL MASKS 'SILL PKCWTVE
      PR07ECTIC,. FHOO i-ycHnGE(% StJLFIOLs     MYOKCGEN SULFIDE LDURS WAY OF
      R)LTECTED IN CO@LEI.TkATT(jNS OF AS LITTLE AS 12-5o PARTS PER 13ILLICN
      (ijPk). nFiL es[-LUvi THE TLV FOR EXPLSUPE VALLE                              5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
                        ACCURDINGLYO IF INDIVIDUALS HEARING PROTECTIVE
      MASKS ('@7LCI THE LirUP OF ROTTEN E6(;S.. HREAI(THHCLGH HAS OCCURRED AND
      THE C.A%ISIFMS @MCULL) BE CmANGEOp IT IS IKFORIAKT TU NOTF, HCHEVFR,
      PAGE V5 F%I-iHijbGuot733 @- (m - p ! 9 F! h * i i b
      T@)AI f@IS I.vkjlLATlrj DOES NOT LAST LCi,4G,, SINCE THE NOSE RECUWES
      DLSL!JSITIZLU Tu 1-25 RATHEK ul-liCKLY EVEN AT VERY LOP, CONCENTRATIONS,
      THIS i-Lb@@ VLA;.:b THAT IF EXPOStr AND THE K?CSE IS DESENSITI?LC TO
      H2S RE@LL@L L;Uiv!-l@u THE MASK, eRtAtkTtIPULJ(i@ KILL NOT bE DETECTED,
      a. @FIP?L HMZAHD:
      CkULdE C'IL !)ISC,,ArGFL) INTN. THE PLATER CAN CREATE VERY LARGE SFTLLS
      F;tdT CII@LY ii r4ELmTIVFLY ST,.ALL AREA CAiv BUKNV AS THE L]IL SPRFACS FROM
      THE SLjukCE.,, THE Ll.rHTER, MORE @LLATILL mYVRL)CARBOtvS RLAL)ILY
      EvAPC;PqAIE/VAPomi?L,    BEYUNU A BHLRI VIS7ANCE FROM THE. SOURCE THF
      'IL cAr,f@CT ot IL;NITFD AS THE CIL LAYFH/SLICK BECOMES SC THIN THAT
      ji
      4LAT IS DISblFkTEt) TOO RAPIULY INIC THE LNCERLYING I%ATER TO SUPPrkT
      CL!mtit:.5TIC,i UF IME @EAvr,@ "YF)HCLAHRUNS WFI'AINING FRUIO THE CRUDE
      ('IL, TESTS YtIlH L)ISTILLATE FUEL (JR-b) CN A FLAT SULID SURFACF


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Folder Title = INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION SUPPORT MESSAGES 17 JAN - 26 FEB 1991 CNA 1571
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Subject = PERSONNEL HAZARDS ASSOC WITH EXPOSURE TO HYDROGE
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Declassified = 22-NOV-1996