"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Chemical Problems Associated with Old Arsenical and 'Mustard' Munitions, Łódź, Poland, 17-19 March 1996"-- T.p. Verso. "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division."

Lectures : The problem of old chemical weapons which contain ?mustard gas? or organoarsenic compounds : an overview / Ron G. Manley -- Destruction of old chemical munitions / Daniel Froment -- Recovered old arsenical and ?mustard? munitions in Germany : technologies, plans and problems / Hermann Martens -- Practical actions of Russa on preparations for destruction of stockpiled Lewisite and ?mustard? / S.V. Petrov, V.I. Kholstov, V.P. Zoubrilin, N.V. Zavialova -- Recovered old arsenical and ?mustard? munitions in Poland : technologies, plans, and problems / Zbigniew Wetejuk, Mieczyslaw Koch, Wlodzimierz Marciniak -- Composition and remediation of tarry ?mustard? / P.R. Norman -- Kinetic and toxicological parameters of ?mustard? (HD) hydrolysis and biodegradation / Steven P. Harvey, Timothy A. Blades, Linda L. Szafraniec, William T. Beaudry, Mark V. Haley, Thomas Rosso, Gerald P. Young, James P. Earley, Robert L. Irvine -- Arsenic in the environment / W.R. Cullen -- Biotransformation of arsenic in freshwater organisms / Shigeru Maeda. Poster Abstracts : Investigations in organoarsenic chemistry / Ionel Haiduc, Luminista Silaghi-Dumitrescu -- HPLC-ICP-MS methods for the determination of inorganic and organic arsenic compounds / W. Goessler, D. Kuehnelt, K.J. Irgolic -- A method for mutual disposal of old chemical weapons / Alexander L. Chimishkyan -- Destruction of Adamsite by sodium / M. Sokolowski, E. Bilger -- Electrochemical and biological approach to the destruction of Lewisite and ?mustard? / Alexander M. Boronin, Valentin G. Sakharovski, Ivan I. Starovoitov, Konstantin I. Kashparov, Valery N. Shvetsov, Ksenija M. Morozova, Igor A. Nechaev, Vladimir I. Tugoshov, Nikolai P. Kuzmin, Alexander Kochergin -- Reductive decomposition of deposits in old ?mustard? munitions / Joseph F. Bunnett -- Use of ?mustard? aminolysis products as catalysts for polyurethane foam production / A.L. Chimishkyan, S.I. Orlov, T.S. Serebryakova -- Breakdown of sulfur ?mustard? by phase transfer catalyzed HCI elimination : a potential destruction method for ?mustard? stocks / Ernst-Christian Koch. Group discussion reports : Old ?mustard? or Yperite munitions : methods for destruction and container detoxification / Yperite Discussion Group -- Old arsenical munitions : methods for destruction and site cleanup / Arsenicals Discussion Group -- On the handling of recovered munitions / Recovered Munitions Discussion Group. Appendices : Participants in the NATO ARW -- Membership of IUPAC Committee on Chemical Weapons Destruction -- On wholesome warfare.