update on contaminated water diver training
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Update on ContaminatedWater Diver Training
Presented by
Steven M. Barsky, Marine Marketing and Consulting
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Awareness of problems in contaminatedwater diving has increased
Most commercialdiving companies nowrecognize there is aneed to protect divers incontaminated water.
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New problems have beenrevealed
• Non-point sourcepollution
• 40% of U.S. waters donot meet EPAstandards
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Storiescirculated aboutdivers who havegotten cancer• San Diego Harbor
patrol
• Michigan Police
• Israeli Navy
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Scientific correlation hasbeen established with IsraeliNavy divers exposure
• Haifa harbor dives
• Dr. Elihu Richter
• Paper to be published inEnvironmental HealthPerspectives in 2003
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New form of Pfiesteria identified
• Pfiesteria shumwayae
• Appears to be equallytoxic to P. piscicida
• Toxic to humans
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Swimmer’s Itch
• Schistosomecercarial dermatitis
• Carried by fecalmatter from waterfowl
• Results in intenseitching
M ichigan
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
• Affects wearers ofcontact lenses
• Infection of cornea
• Can lead to vision loss
• Can occur in fresh andsalt water
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Trbutyltins
• Used on hulls of large ships
• Absorbed through skin
• Still in use worldwide
• Danger to diver doing hull searches
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PCBs• Dangerous carcinogen
• Accidental dumping
• Boating canals inMichigan site of worstcontamination incidentin 2002
• 30,000 times safeexposure level inMichigan
Michigan
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507 Lakes inCalifornia listedas “impaired”under CleanWater Act
No pollution control planmandated until 2012
California
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Drug wastes contaminatinginland waterways
• Steroids, antibiotics, &hormones
• Personal carepollutants– Considered the next
big unknown inpollution
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Hudson RiverPCBs
• General Electricdumped PCBs intoriver
• 40 mile stretch of riveraffected
• Dredging scheduled tostart in 2005
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Most polluted beaches• Huntington Beach, CA
• Malibu Surfrider Beach, CA
• Kiddie Beach, Ventura, CA
• La Jolla Beach, CA
• M ission Bay, CA
• M iami Beach, FL
• Jones Beach, NY
• Indiana Dunes Lakeshore, Porter County, Ind.
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Different groups take differentapproaches
• No standard for publicsafety divers
• Commercial industryhas standard
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Filming of contaminated waterdiving techniques
• Traveled across U.S.
• New York
• Columbus, GA
• Long Beach, CA
• Huntington Harbor, CA
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New York Harbor Patrol Divers
• Dive full time
• Use AGA mask
• Use Viking PRO suit
• Don’t use dry gloves
• No formal deconprocedure
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Trident Foundation
• Use both AGA &SuperLitehelmets
• Use Viking suits
• Use dry gloves
• Performextensive deconprocedures
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CaliforniaDepartment ofTransportation• Full time team of
divers inspectingbridges
• Almost all diving is inpolluted sites
• Use surface-suppliedgear exclusively
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Long Beach, CA Lifeguards
• Perform hull searchesin harbor
• Rescues in harbor
• Body recoveries
• Use AGA/Viking/Drygloves
• Full decon proceduresused
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Companies are adapting techniquesand equipment to their needs
• Decon proceduresvary widely
• Decon adjusted tolevel of threat
• Diving equipment isconsistent
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When to use full-face mask
• When contaminantswill not causepermanent injury ordeath
• You know for surethere are no othercontaminants present
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When to use helmet…
• When contaminantswill cause permanentinjury or death
• When risk that full-face might bedislodged is high
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Tools available to assist intraining
• Chemical tables
• Training course on CDROM
• Diving in High-RiskEnvironments
• NEW! Video on CD-ROM
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CD-ROM supplements othermaterials
• Use with trainingcourse and book
• Good review tool afterformal training iscomplete
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V ideo is in QuickTime Format-plays cross-platform on Mac & PC
• 9 separate programs
• Quick review
• Can view eachprogram individually
• Average running time5 minutes per program
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Let’s take a look at the video… .
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Thank you for attending!