Biological agents protective equipment against

The Decree 626 transposed die Framework Directive 89/391 and seven other HeaWi at WotIc Directives - on the workplace, the use of work equipmoit, the use of personal protective equipment, the manual handling of loads, work with display screen equqnnent, jnotection against biological agents and protection against carcinogens. 

The need to provide air conditioning and protection against chemical and biological agents to workers in the army s NIKE missile-control vans resulted in the development of a trailer-mounted unit adopted for limited production in 1961. After some improvements, the unit was standardized in 1963 as the Ml Collective Protection Equipment. Initially, 288 of the units were ordered, but additional similar needs for collective protection quickly became apparent.160... 

The army also experimented with and developed highly effective barrier protective measures against both chemical and biological agents. Special impervious tents and personal protective equipment were developed, including individual gas masks even for military dogs. 

Personal protection—Equipment designed to protect individuals against injury from firearms, nuclear or conventional explosives, chemical, and/or biological agents. 

Fig. 2-37. The M5 Combat Service Mask, the first U.S. mask with the canister placed directly on the cheek. The M5 mask was part of the personal equipment of the troops who landed at Normandy on 6 June 1944. Postwar tests indicated that it might have protected against respiratory exposure to the nerve agent tabun if the Germans had chosen to use it against the invasion armada. Photograph Chemical and Biological Defense Command Historical Research and Response Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

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