Toxicology in the Army Acquisition Pollution Prevention Program

The Army Acquisition Pollution Prevention Program (A super(2) P super(3)) was directed by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition to execute the requirements of Executive Order 12856, Federal Compliance with Right-To-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements. The A super(2) P super(3) implicitly supports the Army vision of being a national leader in environmental and natural resource stewardship. Pollution Prevention is the systematic elimination or reduction of hazardous or environmentally unacceptable materials in all phases of materiel acquisition from concept through production, deployment, and ultimately disposal. The major emphasis is on source reduction by finding replacement chemicals and materials that meet operational requirements at the lowest cost to the Army while protecting human health and the environment. This program focuses on hazardous substances, toxic chemicals and those processes which require their use. The direction of attack is to the source of the problem and the point of attack is where the problem is most vulnerable, early in the weapons system life cycle process.