Chemical Hazards and Poisons |
Published on: 17 October 2008 |
Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report – Issue 13
At the time of the Health Protection 2008 conference in Warwick last month, the HPA Centre for Radiation, Chemical, and Environmental Hazards published the latest edition of its regular report on chemical incident management and related research activities. Among the themes covered by articles in this issue are:
- the development of a best practice methodology to assist Health Protection Units dealing with carbon monoxide incidents. This includes an algorithm, currently being tested, to facilitate decision-making from the time of identification of a carbon monoxide hazard situation until the incident area is declared safe;
- the development of a mapping technique, involving satellites that track small movements in the earth's crust, to indicate geographical areas that may be vulnerable to natural disasters;
- assessment of the health risks for inhabitants of the Pacific island of Montserrat (particularly children and workers) arising from their exposure to volcanic ash particles (volcanic activity has made much of the south of the island uninhabitable since 1997).
Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report - Issue 13, September 2008 (PDF file 
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Enquiries about this series of publications and the topics covered should be directed to the editor: Virginia Murray; email: virginia.murray@hpa.org.uk