Suggested citation1 introductionnational research council 2001 occupational health and workplace monitoring at chemical agent disposal facilitieswashington dc the national academies press doi 1017226 10152. Suggested citationfront matternational research council 2001 occupational health and workplace monitoring at chemical agent disposal facilitieswashington dc the national academies press doi 1017226 10152. This report examines and evaluates workplace chemical monitoring and worker health monitoring practices at currently operating disposal facilities for more than 50 years the united states has maintained a stockpile of chemical agents and munitions distributed among eight sites in the continental united states and on johnston island in the . National research council us committee on review and evaluation of the army chemical stockpile disposal program occupational health and workplace monitoring at chemical agent disposal facilities washington dc national academies press us 2001. Description monitoring for airborne chemical agent is a major activity at each chemical agent disposal facility two systems are currently being used 1 the automatic continuous air monitoring system acams an active system designed to provide a near real time alarm currently 3 to 8 minutes if agent vapors are present and 2 the depot area air monitoring system daams a