BU414 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Personal Protective Equipment, Flash Point, Vaporization
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Chemical agents hazards created by one or more chemicals. Biohazard hazard created by exposure to a biological material. Biological agents include hazards such as mould, fungus, bacteria and viruses. Physicians are seeing an increase in patients who complain to physiological reactions to low- level chemical exposures in the environment headaches, dry nasal passages and nausea. Certain individual chemicals have been linked to cancer and lung disease. The specific effects of some chemicals are well documented while many others are still unknown. Some agents may be hazards in and of themselves, but they can also interact synergistically with lifestyle or environmental factors. Synergistic effects occur when the result of two factors taken together is greater than the sum of the two. Health problems created by chemical exposures are more prevalent in the workplace than in any other location. Toxicity ability to cause injury to human biological tissue.
