Toxicologic assessment of the Army's zinc cadmium sulfide dispersion tests / / Subcommittee on Zinc Cadmium Sulfide, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.9/1
• Soggetto topico: Biological weapons - United States - Testing; Zinc cadmium sulfide - Physiological effect; Cadmium compounds - Toxicity testing
• Note generali: "...supported by contract DAMD 17-89-C-9086 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Army."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TOXICOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE ARMY'S ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE DISPERSION TESTS -- Copyright -- OTHER RECENT REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY -- OTHER RECENT REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOXICOLOGY -- PREFACE -- Contents -- SUMMARY -- TASKS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE -- SOURCES OF INFORMATION -- INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC -- OPEN LITERATURE AND UNPUBLISHED REPORTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF ZNCDS: AVAILABILITY OF CADMIUM FROM ZNCDS -- TOXICITY -- TOXICITY OF SELECTED CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- RISK ASSESSMENT OF ZNCDS EXPOSURES -- SCIENTIFIC FEASIBILITY OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- ZNCDS DISPERSION TESTS -- PUBLIC CONCERN IN RESPONSE TO ZNCDS DISPERSION TESTS -- TASKS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE -- SOURCES OF DATA -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- 2 INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC -- NATURE OF COMMENTS -- SPECIFIC HEALTH PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3 TOXICITY AND RELATED DATA ON ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE -- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF ZNCDS: AVAILABILITY OF CADMIUM FROM ZNCDS -- TOXICITY -- IMPLICATIONS OF VARIABLE COMPOSITION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 TOXICITY AND RELATED DATA ON SELECTED CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- TOXICOKINETICS OF CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- INSOLUBLE CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- SOLUBLE CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- TOXICITY OF CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- NONCANCER EFFECTS -- IN VIVO INSOLUBLE CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- IN VIVO SOLUBLE CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- GENOTOXICITY OF CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- CARCINOGENICITY OF CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- LUNG CANCER -- PROSTATIC CANCER -- OTHER CANCERS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE -- CADMIUM -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 RISK CHARACTERIZATION OF EXPOSURES TO ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE. ; RISK ASSESSMENT FOR NONCANCER HEALTH EFFECTS -- RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CANCER -- LUNG-CANCER POTENCY OF CADMIUM -- LUNG-CANCER RISK ESTIMATES -- UNCERTAINTY OF LUNG-CANCER RISK ESTIMATES -- OTHER ROUTES OF EXPOSURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7 SCIENTIFIC FEASIBILITY OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY -- NATURE OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS -- KEY METHODOLOGIC ISSUES -- TYPES OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC -- TOXICITY AND RELATED DATA ON ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE -- TOXICITY AND RELATED DATA ON SELECTED CADMIUM COMPOUNDS -- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- RISK ASSESSMENT OF ZNCDS EXPOSURES -- FEASIBILITY OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE U.S. BIOLOGIC-WARFARE PROGRAM -- APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF DOSES AND CONCENTRATIONS OF ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE PARTICLES FROM THE ARMY'S DISPERSION TESTS -- APPENDIX C CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE ARMY -- APPENDIX D INTERACTION OF ZINC AND CADMIUM AND TOXICITY OF ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE ACTIVATORS -- APPENDIX E PUBLIC MEETING AGENDAS -- APPENDIX F SAMPLING AND ANALYTIC METHODS FOR ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE -- APPENDIX G REVIEW OF AEHA RISK-ASSESSMENT REPORTS ON ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE -- APPENDIX H REVIEW OF EPA, ATSDR, AND CDC COMMENTS ON THE ARMY'S RISK-ASSESSMENT REPORTS ON ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE -- APPENDIX I CADMIUM EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT, TRANSPORT, AND ENVIRONMENT FATE -- Glossary.
• Titolo autorizzato: Toxicologic assessment of the Army's zinc cadmium sulfide dispersion tests
• ISBN: 0-309-17478-3; 1-280-19157-0; 9786610191574; 0-309-59055-8; 0-585-03945-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817014303321
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