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THE WORK OF COT
Pages 9-12

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... COT has helped NASA to develop guidelines for monitoring atmospheric contaminants in spacecraft (1992) and has reviewed methods for Air Force epidemiologic studies, including protocols for its study of health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and its contaminants (1980~.
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... and for developing emergency exposure guidance levels for civilian communities (19931. Disposal and cleanup of toxic chemicals at an Army installation.
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... Still other materials have broad applications and can be found around the home or on farms. It would take many pages to specify all the chemicals evaluated by COT; the following shaded box illustrates the variety of materials evaluated:
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