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Safety Talks: Chemical Safety and Hazard Communication

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In our today’s world 90% of the industrial work is related with chemicals, some are more hazardous some are less, we need to work with them to accomplish our task. Chemical hazards are however classified as: ·    Toxic ·    Carcinogenic ·    Corrosive ·   Irritants ·    Sensitizers ·    Flammable liquids ·    Combustible liquids   A Chemical Lab Scientist having Microscopic View of a Group of Chemicals  The use of chemicals may lead to physical damage to the human body and might have chronic effects: a disease which develops over time or acute effects symptoms that appear or change rapidly there are a variety of ways in which chemicals can be exposed to the body. The primary methods of entry can be:   ·    Inhalation (breathing) ·    Absorption (skin contact) ·    Ingestion (eating) ·    Injection Actually chemical safety begins with a w...