Ecological Risks Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons

Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Chemical Weapons Convention after the First Review Conference....Pages 7-14
Implementation of Russia’s Obligation to Destroy chemical Weapons in the Udmurt Republic....Pages 15-23
The CWC after the Review Conference....Pages 25-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Evaluation of State of Environment and Monitoring of Hazardous Facilities....Pages 41-44
Prediction of Quantitative Assessments of Effects on Nature from Potential Accidents at Chemical Warfare Agent Facilities....Pages 45-55
Ecological Risks of Toxic Substances Combustion....Pages 57-63
Risk Assessment of Chemical Weapons Influence on Ecosystems as the Whole....Pages 65-74
Health and Environmental Risks Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons....Pages 75-83
Ecological Risks Analysis for the Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility....Pages 85-89
An Approach to Assessment of Chemical Risk on the Basis of Generation of Time Series....Pages 91-98
The Complex Approach in Appraisal of the Conditions of Natural Ecosystems in the «Valley» Zone Used for the Storage of Chemical Weapons (Pochep, Bryansk Region)....Pages 99-105
Analysis of Ecological Risks within an Environmental Monitoring System....Pages 107-110
Dechlorination of Recalcitrant Polychlorinated Contaminants Using Ball Milling....Pages 111-127
Ecological Risk Assessment for Ascontaining Chemical Warfare Agents — Status and Perspectives....Pages 129-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Personal Monitoring of Old Chemical Weapons’ Dismantling Operations at Poelkapelle (Belgium)....Pages 137-152
Radio-Ecological Monitoring of the Environment....Pages 153-156
Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Monitoring the Destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents....Pages 157-166
Identification of Chemical Neutralization of Products of Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents....Pages 167-172
Environmental and Health Monitoring in Relation to the Demolition of the Former CWPF at JSC Khimprom, Novocheboksarsk, Russia....Pages 173-197
Vapor Validation of Monitoring Systems for Detection of Trace Levels of Chemical Warfare Agents in Air....Pages 199-203
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Tacis Project “The Development of an Environmental and Health Monitoring System Related to the Demilitarization of the Chemical Weapons Facility at the Detached Plant Nr. 4 of OAO Khimprom, Novocheboksarsk” and Possible Implications for Future Russian Demilitarization Activities at CWPFS....Pages 205-210
Toxicological and Public Health Aspects of Two-Stage Technology of Chemical Warfare Agents Destruction in Russia....Pages 211-215
Chemical and Biological-Ecological Aspects of Risk Assessment for Lewisite Destruction....Pages 217-221
Risk Mapping and Risk Assessment for Suspected Chemical Weapons Burial Sites on the Former Military Training Area Döberitzer Heide (Germany)....Pages 223-229
About Evaluation Practice of Emergency Environmental Risks of Chemically Dangerous Facilities....Pages 231-240
Risk Assessment and Safety Management at Chemical Facilities with the Use of New Information Technologies....Pages 241-246
On the Analysis of Environmental Risks Associated with the Possible Leakage of Chemical Warfare Agents During Transportation and Disposal of Munitions....Pages 247-252
Ecological Risks and Ecological Insurance in Russia (in Connection with the Problem of Chemical Weapons Destruction)....Pages 253-260
Insurance of Risk of Environmental Contamination During Destruction of Chemical Weapons....Pages 261-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
About Some Risk Assessment Problems Associated with Hazardous Facilities Exploitation....Pages 269-278
Revised Airborne Exposure Limits for Chemical Warfare Agents....Pages 279-287
Analysis of Technologies for Lewisite Destruction....Pages 289-296
New Understanding on Pathogenesis of Delayed Effects of Rvx Low-Dose Chronic Exposure....Pages 297-303
Health State and Hormone Status Among Residents of Kizner Respectively Working and Not-working at Arsenal of Chemical Weapons....Pages 305-306
Evaluation of Embryotoxic and Teratogenic Effects of Final Products of Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) Destruction....Pages 307-314
Health and Environmental Monitoring at the Area of Protective Measures in the Vicinity of Locating Chemical Weapons Storage and Destruction Facilities....Pages 315-319
The Use of Pupillometry for Evaluating the Functional State of Persons Who Worked with Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents....Pages 321-327
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Participation of the Public in Licensing Procedures for and During Operation of Hazardous Facilities....Pages 331-338