IMPACT OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY EXPLOSION 17 NOV

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Subject: IMPACT OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY EXPLOSION 17 NOV                   

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Folder Title: IMPACT OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY EXPLOSION                                                          

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       Coummnder, U.S. Army Health Services Co=mnd. ATTN:  HSCL-P. Fort Sam Houston.
        TX 78234-6000
       HQDA (SGPS-PSP), 5111 Leesburg P;-ke, Falls Church, VA 22041-3258

       SUBJECT: Health Impact of Site Specific Petroleum Industry Explosion in the
       Middle East


       1. Reference telephone conversation between COL Frank Crast. Health Services
       Command (HSC), and @ Robert Wanat, our office, 4 Oct 90. SAB.

       2. During che phone conversation, referenced above. HSC requesced the
       Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division (OEMD) at the U.S. Army
       Environmental Hygiene Agency (USAEVA) to provide information on the health
       effects of a s;-ce specific petroleum industry facility explosion in the middle
       East region. Because this request was beyond the expertise of USAEliA.
       technical consulcation was obtained from Catalyst and Chemical ServicLvs, Inc.
       (CCSI), a consulcing firm having extensive experiences in the processes aid
       hazards associated with oil refineries in the Kiddle East.  The information
       obt@ad from CCSI was substantiated through ocher information provided by
       Dr. James M. Vail, the SerLior Scientist in the Department of Health arid
       Environmental Services at the American Petroleum Institute (API) in
       Washington, DC.

       2. We have summarized the findings of this report in enclosure 1.   The CCSI
       report is subalitted as enclosure 2.

       3. POC is Mffij E. Robert Wanat 11 or LTC Charles Ridgley. AV 584-271413534@

       FOR THE CO@E:R-





                             DAVID P. DMER
                                           LTC, 14C
                                           Chief, Occupational and Environmental
                                             Medicine Division


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