====== HazMat Course Module 3 ======

===== CASE STUDIES =====

of major chemical incidents (natural and anthropogenic)

  * **Bhopal**
  * **Cameroon**
  * **Tokyo subway attack**
==== Bhopal ====

Dhara VR, Dhara R. The Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal: A Review of Health Effects. //Arch Environ Health//  2002;57(5):391-404 [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12641179|PMID12641179]] {{:wikitox:bhopal_health_effects.pdf|Fulltext}}  [71 KB]

Ashok S. Kalelkar AS. Investigation of large-magnitude incidents: Bhopal as a case study. Presented at The Institution of Chemical Engineers Conference On Preventing Major Chemical Accidents London, England May 1988 16pp {{:wikitox:bhopal.pdf|bhopal.pdf}}  [326 KB]

==== Cameroon ====

Baxter PJ, Kapila M, Mfonfu D. Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide? //Br Med J//  1989;298:1437-41 [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2502283|PMID2502283]] {{:wikitox:cameroon_2.pdf|Fulltext}}  [2.4 MB]

==== Tokyo subway attack ====

Sumie Okumura, Tetsu Okumura, Shinichi Ishimatsu, Kunihisa Miura, Hiroshi Maekawa and Toshio Naito. Clinical review: Tokyo – protecting the health care worker during a chemical mass casualty event: an important issue of continuing Relevance. {{:wikitox:tokyosubway.pdf|tokyosubway.pdf}}  [48 KB]

===== READING =====

{{:wikitox:chemical_incidents.pdf|Chemical incidents.pdf}}  [385 KB]

{{:wikitox:case_study.doc|Case study.doc}}  [34 KB]

===== ASSIGNMENT =====

Write a review of the Seveso dioxin incident or the Mount St Helens volcanic eruption with emphasis on human health effects.