ARCENT SAFETY ALERT 20 91 HAZARD FROM MALARIA PILLS

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Subject: ARCENT SAFETY ALERT 20 91 HAZARD FROM MALARIA PILLS             

Box  ID: BX000438

Document Number:         69

Folder Title: DAILY JOURNAL ARCENT JOURNALS 16-29 APR 91 DSS                                                  

Folder Seq #:         19

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     







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         U,'4CLAS
         SUBJ: ARCENR SAFETY ALERT 20-91, HAZARD FROM MALARIA PILLS
         1. MANY SOLDIERS WERE ISSUED MALARIA TABLETS FOR THEIR DEPLOYMENT
         rO SOUTHWEST ASIA. THE TABLETS CONTAIN CHLOROQUINE, WHICH IS
         DEADLY TO CHILDREN. A CASE ON RECORD INDICATED THAT A 12 MONTH OLD
         UHILD DIED FROM TAKING JUST ONE OF HER UNCLE'S MALARIA TABLETS. THE
         I'ABLETS ARE USUALLY COVERED WITH A TASTY CANDY-LIKE COATING.
         CHILDREN MAY EAT THEM IF THE TABLETS ARE NOT PROPERLY CONTROLLED.
             THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN:
            SOLDIERS rAKEN(3 MALARIA PILLS SHOULD REDEPLOY WITH ONLY ENOUGH
         To COMPLETE THEIR DOSAGE.
         B. PILLS SHOULD BE STORED IN A CONTAINER THAT IS TAMPER PROOF TO
         CHILDREN, AND KEPT OUT OF THEIR REACH.
MALARIA PILLS, AND ANY OTHER MEDICA7IONS NOT REQUIRED FOR TREAT-
         MENT, SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF; I.E., FLUSHED DOWN A TOILET. DO NOT



         -ABE O@@ RUDCHAA1196 UNCLAS
         LEAVE MEDICATIONS IN TRASH, OR PLACES AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN.
         -'. ABour so% OF CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN WITH CHLOROQUINE TOXICITY
         (MALARIA PILL POISONING, ARE FATAL. rHERE IS NO KNOWN EFFECTIVE
         TREATMENT.
         4. AS A REMINDER, ARCENT SAFETY ALERT 19-91 "NBC AGENT ANTIDOT-M",
         IS A CAUTION FOR SOLDIERS TO TURN IN THE NERVE AGENT TABLETS,


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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-31
Box ID = BX000438
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = DAILY JOURNAL ARCENT JOURNALS 16-29 APR 91 DSS
Folder Seq # = 19
Subject = ARCENT SAFETY ALERT 20 91 HAZARD FROM MALARIA PI
Document Seq # = 8
Document Date =
Scan Date = 08-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-SEP-1996