Protective Clothing:
Wear latex or nitrile gloves with along with the full-length lab coat including the closed toed shoes.
Wear safety glasses to avoid the exposure radioactive material.
Introduction :
Chemicals may be liquids, gases, solids or powders have the tendency to harm health when it used or handled improperly, those can be corrosive, toxic agents, reactive or flammables can generate fumes, vapors, dust and mists. Depending on the usage and the work it can enter the body in different ways such as inhalation through lungs, absorption, and direct contact with eyes or ingestion. Now a days chemicals have become an important part of our daily life that are using for controlling and preventing many diseases and also for increasing the productivity of agriculture, however, many chemicals are not used properly can endanger the health and also poison to the environment. It is estimated that around 1000 chemicals are introducing to the market every year and 100 000 chemical substances are used globally as the mixtures in commercial products and the trade names are existed in most of the industrialized countries. The usage, handling, …show more content…
Disposal of chemicals should be in a specifically labeled containers. The non-returnable cylinders may contain toxic and the reactive gas which should be disposed of properly. Chemicals which contain toxic agents should be decontaminated before the disposal. The disposal of chemicals are in a manner which reduces or minimize the risk to the environment according to the law and practice. Sometimes even the empty containers may contain the residues of chemicals. The identification of the waste products was defined by their origins, components and the history of the products. The highest hazard depends on the degree of hazard. Empty containers should not be cleansed of hazardous chemicals are to be marked and labelled of their