Nerve agents moderate exposure

Meat from animals that have suffered only mild to moderate effects from exposure to nerve agents should be safe to consume. Milk should be discarded for the first 7 days postexposure and then should be safe to consume. Meat, milk, and animal products, including hides, from animals severely affected or killed by nerve agents should be destroyed. 

TABLE 61.3. Management of mild/moderate nerve agent exposures (Rotenberg and Newmark, 2003 Anon, 2002)... 

The initial effects of nerve agents depend on the dose and route of exposure. A small inhalation exposure from nerve agent vapor causes a response in the eyes, nose and airway, such as miosis, conjunctival injection, eye pain, rhinorrhea, bron-choconstriction, excessive bronchial secretions, and mild to moderate dyspnea (9,13,18). Larger exposures cause central nervous system effects within seconds to minutes, including loss of consciousness, seizures, and central apnea. Death can occur within 5-lOmin of a lethal dose, usually due to respiratory failure from the combined effects of respiratory muscle paralysis, loss of airway control and profuse bronchorrhea (13,14). 

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