Citation

Watson A, Dolislager F, Hall L, Raber E, Hauschild VD, Love AH. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 2011; 17(1): 57-121.

Affiliation

Toxicology and Hazard Assessment, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Amherst Scientific Publishers)

DOI

10.1080/10807039.2010.534722

PMID

21399674

PMCID

PMC3046627

Abstract

In the event of a chemical terrorist attack on a transportation hub, post-event remediation and restoration activities necessary to attain unrestricted facility re-use and re-entry could require hours to multiple days. While timeframes are dependent on numerous variables, a primary controlling factor is the level of pre-planning and decision-making completed prior to chemical release. What follows is the second of a two-part analysis identifying key considerations, critical information and decision criteria to facilitate post-attack and post-decontamination consequence management activities. Decision criteria analysis presented here provides first-time, open-literature documentation of multi-pathway, health-based remediation exposure guidelines for selected toxic industrial compounds, chemical warfare agents, and agent degradation products for pre-planning application in anticipation of a chemical terrorist attack. Guideline values are provided for inhalation and direct ocular vapor exposure routes as well as percutaneous vapor, surface contact, and ingestion. Target populations include various employees as well as transit passengers. This work has been performed as a national case study conducted in partnership with the Los Angeles International Airport and The Bradley International Terminal. All recommended guidelines have been selected for consistency with airport scenario release parameters of a one-time, short-duration, finite airborne release from a single source followed by compound-specific decontamination.

Language: en