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Never eat or drink while handling any materials, and if your hands are contaminated, dont use cosmetics or handle contact lenses. Laboratory workers are exposed to numerous potential hazards including chemical, biological, physical and radioactive hazards, as well as musculoskeletal stresses. Hazardous materials resources environmental chemistry. Advanced science of hazardous materials response r0655 hazardous materials. This guide on safety in the chemistry laboratory was also written to provide high school chemistry teachers with an easytoread reference to create a safe. Hazardous materials may cause serious health problems in workers or fires or explosions in the workplace. Chemicals are a natural and important part of our environment. Evaluation methods, procedures, and considerations provides detailed coverage of hazardous materials and situations. The important concept to understand is recognition. Laboratory safety is governed by numerous local, state and federal regulations.
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