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Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures (2000) / Chapter Skim
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7 Strategy Considerations
Pages 125-129

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... Low-level exposures, either from single or multiple chemical agents, could cause health effects well after a deployment is ended. Congress has now directed that DoD policies and doctrine be modified to protect personnel from low levels of agents in combination with other exposures and that a research program be focused on the effects of low-level exposures (1999 Defense Authorization [P.L.
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From page 126...
... For DoD to improve its detection, monitoring, and comprehensive assessments of low-level exposures to biological agents the following actions will be necessary: - -r ~ - ~ - -- - <~ _ _ <~ _ i_ (D · the development and procurement of technical means of assessing potential and actual exposures (e.g., real-time, field-usable detectors for biological agents and better detectors for low levels of chemical agents) · the development of doctrine and training protocols for conducting military operations (based on better information about exposures)
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From page 127...
... Assessing potential exposures of deployed troops to low levels of harmful agents is difficult, especially because an array of CB agents and TICs might be encountered during typical deployments. Currently, very little information relates low-dose exposures and long-term health effects to single agents or combinations of agents.
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From page 128...
... The Department of Defense should expeditiously develop the capability of identifying and archiving continuous data on the operational location of each small unit and, if practical, each individual as well as the unit or individual's proximity to actual or suspected releases of potentially harmful agents. Technical assessments and cost-benefit analyses should be used to determine the best ways to accomplish these functions in the near term (e.g., supplementing the miniature global positioning system receiver to achieve the desired result)
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From page 129...
... Doctrine, Training, and Administration Recommendation. Doctrine and training for taking protective action should be reviewed to ensure a proper balance between military necessities and the risks of harmful exposures.
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