A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health

We describe a collaborative effort between the U.S., India, and Poland to track acute chemical releases during 2005–2007. In all three countries, fixed facility events were more common than transportation-related events; manufacturing and transportation/warehousing were the most frequently involved...

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Autores principales: Ruckart, Perri Zeitz, Orr, Maureen, Pałaszewska-Tkacz, Anna, Dewan, Aruna, Kapil, Vikas
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19826549
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6092375
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author Ruckart, Perri Zeitz
Orr, Maureen
Pałaszewska-Tkacz, Anna
Dewan, Aruna
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description We describe a collaborative effort between the U.S., India, and Poland to track acute chemical releases during 2005–2007. In all three countries, fixed facility events were more common than transportation-related events; manufacturing and transportation/warehousing were the most frequently involved industries; and equipment failure and human error were the primary contributing factors. The most commonly released nonpetroleum substances were ammonia (India), carbon monoxide (U.S.) and mercury (Poland). More events in India (54%) resulted in victims compared with Poland (15%) and the U.S. (9%). The pilot program showed it is possible to successfully conduct international surveillance of acute hazardous substances releases with careful interpretation of the findings.
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spelling pubmed-27604152009-10-13 A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health Ruckart, Perri Zeitz Orr, Maureen Pałaszewska-Tkacz, Anna Dewan, Aruna Kapil, Vikas Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We describe a collaborative effort between the U.S., India, and Poland to track acute chemical releases during 2005–2007. In all three countries, fixed facility events were more common than transportation-related events; manufacturing and transportation/warehousing were the most frequently involved industries; and equipment failure and human error were the primary contributing factors. The most commonly released nonpetroleum substances were ammonia (India), carbon monoxide (U.S.) and mercury (Poland). More events in India (54%) resulted in victims compared with Poland (15%) and the U.S. (9%). The pilot program showed it is possible to successfully conduct international surveillance of acute hazardous substances releases with careful interpretation of the findings. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-09 2009-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2760415/ /pubmed/19826549 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6092375 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Ruckart, Perri Zeitz
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Pałaszewska-Tkacz, Anna
Dewan, Aruna
Kapil, Vikas
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title A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health
title_full A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health
title_fullStr A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health
title_full_unstemmed A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health
title_short A U.S. Partnership with India and Poland to Track Acute Chemical Releases to Serve Public Health
title_sort u.s. partnership with india and poland to track acute chemical releases to serve public health
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19826549
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6092375
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