Evaluating the Efficiency of Air Shower in Removing Lead from Army Combat Uniform Swatches Loaded with Gunshot Residue

Abstract

Lead is a well-known toxicant and the exposure on indoor firing ranges presents a health risk to both range employees and shooters. Contaminated clothing spreads lead outside the range and creates a risk of take-home lead exposure of family members. To reduce the spread of lead several US Army indoor firing ranges have employed a new control air shower (AS), although its effectiveness in this particular application has not been examined. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of an air shower in removing gunshot-residue-specific lead from Army Combat Uniform (ACU) swatches and to examine a potential lead breakthrough across ACU material during AS application.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2016
Accession Number
AD1036923

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  • Andrey V. Tsepelev

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  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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