Tetryl exposure: forgotten hazards of antique munitions

Tetryl exposure: forgotten hazards of antique munitions.

BACKGROUND Older yet still abundant munitions such as tetryl present easily forgotten health hazards and associated needs for worker protection. CASE PRESENTATION Symptoms and findings from 22 workers who were exposed to tetryl are summarized. CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the health hazards from exposure to tetryl. Occupational health professionals need to maintain vigilance to protect...

Neurologic Hazards of Hyperbaric Oxygen Exposure.

Antique Team

In this document, we use the Abstract Interpretation framework to analyze concurrent programs using Thread-Modular Analysis. We designed a relational abstraction of interferences in order to infer more properties and go beyond the state of the art. We implemented a basic analyzer, studying the numerical properties of a simple language. We present the results obtained, as well as a study of the ...

Prevalence of beryllium sensitization among Department of Defense conventional munitions workers at low risk for exposure.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of beryllium sensitization among former and current Department of Defense workers from a conventional munitions facility. METHODS Participants were screened by using Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test. Those sensitized were offered clinical evaluation for chronic beryllium disease. RESULTS Eight (1.5%) of 524 screened workers were found sensitized t...

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