Dustin Eward Biologist, International Programs Edgewood Chemical Biological Center DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTINATIONAL TICs & MULTINATIONAL TICs & TIMs RISK ASSESSMENT TIMs RISK ASSESSMENT Collective Protection Conference 21 June 2005 ▪ Monterey, CA
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Dustin EwardBiologist, International Programs
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTINATIONAL TICs & MULTINATIONAL TICs & TIMs RISK ASSESSMENTTIMs RISK ASSESSMENT
Collective Protection Conference21 June 2005 ▪ Monterey, CA
Introduction
Chlorine
“Weapon of Opportunity”
1993
Bosnian Civil War
1994 – Determine whether a hazard existed concerning the release of industrial chemicals in a military situation
GOAL: Develop criteria for assessing the hazard posed by TICs in order to identify industrial chemicals that could be readily modified for military applications
Yes – Bhopal (sabotage)3Pesticides, including precursors
No3Plastics manufacture
Yes – Abortion Clinics6Acids & Bases
Yes – Kutina, Croatia6Ammonia
Yes – Texas, Columbia, Guatemala, Kuwait7Oil
Yes – Jovan, Croatia8Chlorine
Yes – Kutina, Croatia8Petrochemicals
Yes – Animal Rights & Environmental Arson8Liquid fuels
Yes – Oklahoma City Bomb12Explosives
Yes – Columbia, 200015Fuel gases
Ever Used as WMD?Frequency (%)Chemical Class
KEY LIMITATION: Toxicity was the principal inclusion parameter
Past International Efforts in TICs
Recent International Work
2002 - effort to reexamine past multinational TICs/TIMs work
Concept of hazard expanded to include:CorrosivenessReactivityFlammability
Use a Risk Management Approach
Look at pesticides that, due to low vapor pressure, were excluded from previous work
The following chemicals need assessment:High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) list - 5,235 chemicals
Produced or imported > 1,000 tons/year by at least one OECD member country
HPV fuels and pesticides on the UN Transport List
Nationally regulated chemicals (by EPA and other agencies)
Chemicals Assessed
Data is the limiting factor in assessment
PesticidesMost are of 3 classes:
Organophosphorus (OP) (low volatility liquids)− most important in terms of a potential military hazard