M25 8 NOV 90

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Subject: M25  8 NOV 90                                                   

Box  ID: BX000455

Document Number:         14

Folder Title: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS AUG 90  DS-DS-2                                                            

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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     





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          THE PROCESS OF FORMING OIL UNDER HIGH PIRESSLJRE AT DEFITHE@ OF 12,0()CI
          TO -,/],OOO FEET IN THE GEOI.-OGICAL PRESSURE FORMATIONS FOUND                 TN OR
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          2@             AT CONCENTRATIONS OF ABOUT 10 PARTS PER M.RL-LION (PPM),
          H2S CAN BE     DETECTED BY ITS "RO-V-rON EGC@,@' SMELL.         AT 2CI PF'ti,
          f-0, M-RIL Al- AL-ARM@3 DESIGNED TO DETECT H2S VJILI-. SOUND AN AL..ARM.            L-OW
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          -..'CiNC@ENTI-@A-rIONS MA CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY -1@RAC-F,
          AND IF EXPOSURE IS PROLONGED, PULMONARY EDEMA MAY RESULT. -THE
          IRRITANT AC!-ION HAS BEEN EXPLAINED ON -THE BASIS THAT H2S COMBINES





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          EXPOSURE TO 5@)@) PPM REStJL-'T'S IN HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, EXCITEMENT,
          STAGGERING GAIT, DIARRHEA, AND DYSL.IF@-3.A, FOI,..LOWEI) SOMETIMES BY
                     TS OR BRONCHOPNEUMONIA. 'THE ACTION ON THE NERVOUS SYSTE
          BRONCHIT,
          IS, WITH SMALL- AMOUNTS, ONE OF DEPRESSION,, IN LARGER AMOUNTS, IT
          STIMULATES, AND WITH VERY HIGH AMOUNTS THE RESPIRATORY CENTER !,SM
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          AND HIGH CONCENTRATIONS ARE INSTANTL-Y FATAI-. FATAL HYDROGEN
          SULFIDE POISONING MAY OCCUR EVEN MORE RAF'IDLY THAN THAT FOLLOWING
          EXPOSURE TO f-) SIMII..-Ac" CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN @-YNIDE (I-!CN) A
          COMMON BL.ODD AGENT.        @Li2E@ DOES lqDT COMBINE WITH THE FlEiviOG'@DBIN OF
          THE            11-S ASF'HYXIAN'  , (@CTTON IS DUE TO PARALYSIS OF THE
          REE:ill--@A-rORY CENTER. WITH REPEATED EXPOSURES TO L.OW CONCENTRATIONS,
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Folder Title = INTELLIGENCE REPORTS AUG 90 DS-DS-2
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Subject = M25 8 NOV 90
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Declassified = 13-SEP-1996