There are a variety of reasons why it is important from a HAZMAT perspective to know the names of hazardous materials. First, it is important to know names of hazardous materials for risk management. When planning for a response, employing proper risk management is critical. Therefore, knowing the material involved enables responders to know the risks associated with the material such as if it is flammable, toxic, corrosive, or reactive with other materials. This ensures that responders have the proper personal protective equipment to prevent injury when responding. In addition, it is important to know the names of hazardous materials for planning the response. Each hazardous material has different components and hazards. Therefore, each hazardous
Knowing the history of chemical weapons and their devastating effects will help explain the reasoning for the development of weapons inspection team and why their success is vital to world peace. This paper will provide a small amount of history on chemical weapons, discuss the history of the weapons inspection teams and explain how the members are selected and trained. Incidents of the use of weapons of mass destruction will be mentioned which explain the reason for the development of the weapons inspection teams.
I was a member of a hazardous material responder team, which was responsible for responding to spills of hazardous or unknown materials. This necessitated determining whether the material was hazardous, and if it was, then we were tasked with cleanup and disposal of the material in a way that was safe and in accordance to proper procedure. Procedures were driven by the organization, but had to either meet or exceed state regulations for hazardous material cleanup and disposal. This included very well-defined, strict rules and plans for collecting and disposing of hazardous material. Through social identification, individuals identify characteristics of a group as similar themselves and as enhancing their status or power (Latham, 2012). I found this to be true in my experience, and identified more readily to characteristics of the group that that were similar to myself, such as conscientiousness and attention to detail.
This regulation requires all organisations to assess the risks posed by hazardous substances such as body fluids, sharp objects. All harmful chemicals and substances are properly labelled and stored away from children and adults who suffer from dementia. Staff also have responsibilities to keep everybody safe from harm. (Health and Safety Executive, 2015).
The collapse of the World Trade Center caused a toxic dust cloud that covered parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Several of these toxins can cause alterations in the cell that may eventually cause lung cancer including the toxins explained in this paper. Each of these three chemicals are known to cause lung cancer through aerosol exposure. The concentration of the chemicals and the length of the exposure of these chemicals affect the risk of being diagnosed with lung cancer. As stated previously, several of these toxins had exposures over the regulation limit from the collapse of the World Trade Center. There are few studies on the effects of the World Trade Center dust because of how relatively recent this event occurred. Since lung cancer is
In his essay Occupational Hazards: Why Military Operations Succeed or Fail, David Edelstein makes the case that though there is no perfect recipe for occupation, three factors do increase the likelihood of success. These are ensuring a necessity of occupation, having a commonly perceived threat and establishing credible guarantees, factors that all lend to cooperation from the occupied population, and thus ensure a more agreeable occupation. Thus, recent successful occupations are predominantly found in the post World War II, at the start of the Cold War, era, for at this time both a necessity of occupation was present (the occupied populations maintained hope that the occupying states would help them rebuild their territories) as well as a commonly perceived threat, that being the Soviet Union. However, since the end of the Cold War and the United States’ rise to being the sole great power, successful occupations have been scarce to come by. Edelstein notes that occupying powers need to make more of an effort to...
The purpose of this lab was to analyse how light and color is created inside an atom in order to deduce what an unknown chemical compound was. We did two different experiments in order to examine how light is created and changed. In one, we looked at how chemical compounds affected a flame’s color, and to determine what the unknown salt contains. In the other lab, we looked at how atoms create light, and how it is displayed on the elements individual spectral line.
Theophrastus Bomabastus Von Hoheneheim (Paracelsus) said “sola dosis facet venenum,” translated as, “all things are poisonous and nothing is without poison.” (Wink & Wyk, 2008) For people living in the Great Lakes regions of Northern Michigan, it often feels the opposite, “in everything there is medicine and nothing is without medicine.” Undoubtedly, some plants can externally or internally irritate the body affecting homeostasis, including instances of photo-sensitization and allergies; but generally these symptoms are not life threatening. According to herbalists and toxicologists, it is important to “distinguish between poisons that can kill in minute amounts, toxins that are less toxic than poisons, and toxicants that are toxic in high concentrations only.” (Wink & Wyk, 2008).
Identifying Five Unknown Chemicals I was given 5 unknown samples, which are sodium chloride, sodium thiosulfate, calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium nitrate and these samples are all white and solid. However, I don’t know which substance is which sample and I was only given some information about the physical and chemical properties of these substances. In order to identify the 5 unknown samples, knowing which sample is which substance, I have to carry out this experiment, finding out the chemical and physical properties of these samples. How can we identify five unknown chemical samples that seem to look the same?
Hazardous materials can be important in everyday life when properly handled. However, when improperly handled, they can result in injury, death, and destruction as well as have lingering effects that may last for years to come. To address the risk of an uncontrolled hazardous materials release, there must be a coordinated effort to identify, locate, and quantify the hazardous materials in a particular location (Drexel University Safety & Health, 2001). Typically, industry and government agree that a hazardous materials incident is one where
The beginning of the CFC(chlorofluorocarbons) era started in 1928, when CFC' were invented by a Du Pont chemist. CFC' were best known as "freons" and became famous as a safe, nonflammable refrigerant. It's invention became a great triumph when Freon took the place of sulfur dioxide or ammonia which was used as the working liquid in refrigerators. It eventually became widely used in automobile air conditioners and nontoxic propellants in aerosol cans. It's insulating properties also was used for blowing agents for plastics and foam cups.
Environmental hazards arise as well from hazardous materials and waste. Hazardous materials concerns could arise from spills of gasoline, diesel fuel, oil, or solvents from containers or vehicles. Spills could contaminate soils or leach into ground or surface water. And environmental hazards could adversely affect humans, wild life, vegetation and water supply.
Regulation compliance, employee safety, fire safety, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, hazardous waste removal, training procedures, and management relations are samples of features taken into consideration during a Safety Major’s day. Though there are numerous specializations safety professions can choose, a base knowledge in all fields is essential for a successful career. Therefore, I intend to pursue a continuation of safety certifications that will demonstrate a persistent ability to learn about my career. For the initial duration of my profession, I hope to obtain an Environmental Health and Safety specialist entry level position for an established organization. If the opportunity arises, I will promote within the same organization until
Chemical and fire hazards in the workplace cause serious injuries that in most cases are fatal.
A hazard is defined as an activity or object that has the potential to cause harm if contact is made with the person, object or activity (MHS, 1996; Harmse, 2007; HSE, 2006). These hazards in a work place need to be identified and dealt with accordingly to prevent any harm to employees or any individual acquainted to a certain activity or establishment. The key roles and principles of occupational hygiene are Anticipation, Identification, Evaluation and Control (Schoeman and van den Heever, 2014; Harmse, 2008; SAMTRAC, 2012). To practise in accordance to the above principle; a hazard identification and risk assessment needs to be conducted. Anticipation is the foreseeing of the activity
Contents No Items Pages 1 Contents 1 2 Introduction 2 3 Toxicants formed during food processing 39 3.1 Acrylamide 3 3.2 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 45 3.3 Nitrosamine 56 3.4 Benzene 7 3.5 Chorinated compounds 8 3.6 Amino acid Pyrolysates 9 4 Conclusion 10 5 References 11 Introduction For most foods, the faster it spoils, the healthier it is. However, with the globalisation and rapid invention of technologies, plus the shifting eating habits of mankind, we need our food to last for as long as possible. For this purpose of increasing food’s shelf life, the food industry has created an era of convenience for consumers through packaged, preserved, emulsified, pasteurized, sterilized, irradiated, chemically altered foods and all sorts of food processing techniques. The need for food processing is simple as living foods contain dense amounts of nutrients and will perish within days to weeks while processed foods can last months or even years due to the removal of all microorganisms, enzymes, oxygen, and moisture in food. The development of food processing technology has indeed expanded the potential of food supplies greatly in the modern era.