Chemical safety

1. LESSON 10
HAZARDS IN PLANT INDUSTRIES
INTRODUCTION
BASE FOR PAINTS COATINGS
OIL BASED
EMULSION BASED
LACQAUER BASED
RESINS
HAZARDS OF RESINS
a) ACETADEHYDE IS THE BASE FOR A NUMBER OF RESINS IT CAUSES CHRONIC
INTOXICATION AND CATS AS ACENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANT.
b) ALLYL ALCOHOL IS AN IRRITANT AND CAUSES KIDNEY DAMAGE CONJUNCTIVITIES
DERMATITIS ULCERS AND NAUSEA
c) VINYL CHLORIDE CAUSES ACUTE POISONING OF THE TISSUE BY DESTROYING
THEIR CAPACITY TO ABSORB OXYGEN IT IS CARCINOGENIC ALSO
d) YRETHANE WHICH IS USED FOR AMINO RESINS IS HIGHLY CARCINOGENIC.

2. e) ETHYL CHLORIDE USED IN CELLULOSE PAINT CAUSE IRRITATION TO THE EYES
AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES.
f) MELAMINE CAUSES SLIGHT TOXICITY TOI THE SKIN AND MAY CAUSE MILD
DERMATITIS
g) METHYL ISOCYANIDES IS HIGHLY IRRITAING TO THE SKIN EYES AND MUCOUS
MEMBRANE CAUSING DERMATITIS CONJUNCTIVITIS AND SEVERE LUNG
DAMAGE IT IS ALSO PREVENTS TISSUES TO USE OXYGEN FROM BLOOD.
h) VINYL ACETATE IS A NASE FOR LATEX PAINTS IT IS MODERATELY IRRITATING
TO THE SKIN AT HIGH CONCENTRATION IS A NARCOTIC

3. PLASTICIZERS
PAINT ADDITIVES
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
LESSON 11
HAZARDS OF PESTICIDES.
INTRODUCTION
TOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
a) STORAGE AREAS SHOULD BE PROPERLY VENTILATED.
b) THE PESTCIDES SHOULD NEVER BE CARRIED IN OPEN CONTAINERS.
c) SPECIAL WORKING CLOTHES SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
d) PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPTMENT AND MASKS MUST BE PROVIDED TO
EACH WORKER AND

4. e) THE FACTORY SHOULD BE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT A WORKER TAKES
MINIMUM TIME TO COMPLETE HIS JOB IN CONTAMINATED AREAS.
f) WORK AREAS SHOULD BE MONITORED.
g) PEROIDICAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF EACH WORKER SHOULD BE
CONDUCTED.
h) EATING DRINKIKG SMOKING SHOULD PROHIBITED IN THE WORKING PLANT.
i) FACE FOOT HANDS AND ALL EXPOSED PARTS SHOULD BE WELL WASHED
BEFORE EATING FOODS.
j) ALL PESTICIDES SHOULD BE KEPT IN SAFE MANNER AND OUT OF REACH FROM
CHILDREN.

5. DISEASE CAUSED BY PESTICIDES
OCCUPATIONS INVOLVED.
SYMPTOMS.
FIRST AID FOR PESTICIDE POISONING.
EMERGENCY TREATMENT
a) FOR ACID POISONING LIME WATER OR MILK OF MAGNESIA SHOULD BE GIVEN
TO THE AFFECTED PERSON
b) FOR ARSENIC COMPOUNDS AFTER EMPTYING THE STOMACH RAW EGGS MILK
LIME WATER AND OIL SHOULD BE GIVEN
c) FOR BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE AND CHLOROANS TEA COFFEE AND GYPSYM
SALTS MAY BE GIVEN AFTER THE STOMACH

6. HAS BEEN EMPTIED
d) FOR MERCURY COMPOUDS RAW EGGS AND MILK SHOULD BE GIVEN
IMMEDIATEDLY
e) FOR NICOTINES AFTER EMPTYING THE STOMACH STIMULANTS SUCH AS HOT
TEA OR COFFEE SHOULD BE GIVEN
f) FOR PARATHIOM AND ETRAETHYL PUROPHOSPHATE AFTER EMPTYING THE
STOMACH ADMINISTER 1/30 TO 1/60 GRAIN OF ATROPINE SULPHATE AT
HOURLY INTERVALS UNTIL PUPILS DILATE.
PESTICIDE DISPOSAL
THERMAL DECOMPOSITION
CHEMICAL NEUTRALIZATION
BURIAL
NATURAL DEGRADATION

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