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:         62

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  SUPPLIES UF LA-'QISTERS ARE AVAILAHLE IT 15 RLCUMPENDLD THAT
  CANISIEP(S CUrvTAM.INATFE KITH   MYORLCAPbOrS BE REPLACED AFTER A
  CHEMICAL ATTACK@ IF GIL HAS PENETRATED THE CANISTERS.. THESE JOUST
  FkL REPLACEDT
  B. (U) IT IS I-OPCHTANT If) NOTE QL50 THAT li-E CANISTERS VITLL NCY
  PROTECT AGAitiST GASES RELEASED IN A FIRE, E,G,o CARBON MONC)XIDET
  C, (Sj IF CPUS HAVE COME IN DIRECT CRNTACT INITH OIL (OR OTHER POL
  FROi)ULTS), 11 -IAY BE ASSUMEL) THAT CHEMICAL AGENT PROTECTION CF THE
  SUIT IS LUSit OIL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING SHOULD BE REPLACED AS SOON
  AS PNSSIBLE, USE OF WAIN, GEAR LVLR THE CPCS AILL MINIMIZE THE
  POSSIBILITY U@ OIL cntyTAmINATICt% (IN BOAT CPERATION5o FOR EXAMPLE),
  l@ UTL CCv.E6 lii DIRECT CONTACT AITH A SUIT ALREADY CONTAMINATED
  KITH CHEPIICAL AGEi4TB, THERE IS A hIliH PRCHABILITY THAT THE C14EWICAL
  AGENT VILL PTNLTRATE THE SUIT,
  3. (64 EFFLCT6 CF HYDRG-GEN SULtluEt
  At (U) HYDKuG@l, SULFIDE IS A HIGHLY TCXTC GAS CCQMPARABLE IN
  TUXICITY TO HYVRCGEN CYANIDE) iliTH A OISTIKCT DOOR OF RUTTEN
  PAGE oU RUMGSGtvbe33 C 0 N F I D E N I I A L
  EUGS, HvuRUUL,@ SULFIDE IS RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE PRIMARILY
  AS A GAS lt@ THE IWFOEDIATE VICINITY OF AN CIL HELL DISCHARGE CR
  @hEkF A AELLMLAO EXPLOSINN HAS LCLURRLDE SOME HYDRUGLN SULFIDE IS
  DLSSUL@ED Ilu TnL CRUDE OIL AND 6RADUALLY RELEASLOF HOOEVER THE
  CLINCEI@THAIIU;J IS lk$IGNIFICANT LCPPARED IC THE GAS RELEASED
  C)LRLCTLY !NIU [HE AIMCSPHLRE, IF THE CIL LAELL IS ON FIREO THE
  li@C114LPATIO-t Agi; THERMAL LFFECTB HENDER THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE
  ESSE@ilIALLY MAKWLESS,
  S. MQ THE myUNC;CEN SULFIDE HAZAR6 Tr. NAVY PEHSCNNEL 5HULJLI) BE
  @INIMAL SINCE 4IGNIFICANT CONCENTHATIONS ABOVE THE THRESHOLD LIMIT
MMEDIATE
  VICINITY OF AN OIL AFLL DISCHARGE*
  C. ('N THE hhLILFkTTE CHAHCOAL IN THE CT AND C2 CANISTERS USED vvITH
  THE MK V A'YO K6U-2/P SERIES PRCIELTIVL MASKS AILL PkCyTDE
  PROTELTIC.O PHC,@@ @yrRnGEN SULFIDE,     HYDKCGEN SULFIDE UDURS MAY OF
  r)LTEC7ED IN L04CEtqTRATTONS OF AS LITTLE AS IP-50 PARTS PER BILLICN
  (PPB), AELL OLLU% THE TLV FOR EXPLSURE VALLE UF 113 FARTS PER
  'AILLIL)P@ (PPm)t ALCURDINGLYO IF INDIVIDUALS hEAkrNG PRCTFCTIVE
  MASKS DLIECI THE LIDUR OF ROTTEN E6GSO HREAXTHRCLGH HAS OCCURRED AND
  THE CANISIEHS bmCULU HE CHAIVGEOV IT IS IkFOR7ANT Tu NOTF, HCNEVFN,
  PAGE e5 kiiHijb6uoP33 C 0 N F I C E N T I A L
  THAT T@IS I-vidILATJ'7!j DOES NOT LAST LC,,4G,, SINCE THE NCSE RECUROES
  DLSE14SITILLu Tw 1-25 RATHEK UUICKLY EVEN Al VEHY LOA CCNLENTRATTONS,
  THIS I.LSC FJEA@@@ THAT IF EXPOSED AND THE rvCSE 15 DESENSITI?LC To
  H2S BE@UR@ @U!.-.IA6 THE WASK, HRLAKThRUtj6l- AILL NOT bE DETECTED,
  49  @ FIRE m.Zapp:
  CKUL,E C11L ?)i.5C!IAC;GFI.) INTN THE vkATLR CAN CREATE VERY LARGE SFTLLS
  BUT f.-I@LY ii r'LLmTlvFLY SPALL AREA CAN BUHNI   AS THE [)IL SPREADS FROM
  IhE SLiUNCt,, lHt: Ll.[;HTER, mnRE VLLATILL HYLFUCARBONS REAUrLy
  EwAPCI@Alt/VAPGKJFL.    BEYLJND A bmLPl DISTANCE FROM THE SOURCE THE
  r                           THE CIL LAYFW/SLICK BECOM.ES SO THIN THAT
  ,-'IL CAP-NCI Ot Iti@,ITLD AS
  HEAT IS DISbIPATEu TOO RAPIULY INIC THE LNCEPLYING AATER TO SLpprkT
  CUMBI.-STlC,i UF ImE HEAVIER HYDRCLAKSUNS NFIWAINING FRUM THE CRLDE
  OIL, TESTS V,IIH UTSTILLATE FL-EL (JP-5) Ct% A FLAT SULID SURFACF


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  PACIE 2.CF 3                                                          GARPLED DTG

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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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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-DEC-1996