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Table 4
<br />Potential Chemical Hazards
<br />Metals
<br />CHEMICAL SYNONYMS &
<br />TRADE NAMES PROPERTIES
<br />EXPOSURE LIMITS (mg/m3) ROUTES OF EXPOSURE SYMPTOMS / HEALTH EFFECTS TARGET ORGANS TWA
<br />(8-hour workshift
<br />40-hour week)
<br />IDLH
<br />(exit immediately)
<br />Antimony
<br />Antimony metal
<br />Antimony powder
<br />Stibium
<br />Sb
<br />Silver-white, lustrous, hard, brittle solid; scale-like
<br />crystals; or a dark-gray, lustrous powder. 0.5 50
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin, nose, throat, mouth; cough; dizziness;
<br />headache; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; stomach cramps;
<br />insomnia; anorexia; unable to smell properly
<br />Eyes, skin, respiratory system,
<br />cardiovascular system
<br />Arsenic Arsenia
<br />As Silver-gray or tin-white, brittle, odorless solid. 0.01 5
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Ulceration of nasal septum, dermatitis, gastrointestinal
<br />disturbances, peripheral neuropathy, respiratory irritation,
<br />hyperpigmentation of skin
<br />CARCINOGEN
<br />Liver, kidneys, skin, lungs,
<br />lymphatic system
<br />Barium
<br />Barium, soluble
<br />compounds (as Ba)
<br />Ba
<br />\A/hite, odorless solid. 0.5 --
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin, upper respiratory system; skin bums;
<br />gastroenteritis; muscle spasm; slow pulse, extrasystoles;
<br />hypokalemia
<br />Eyes, skin, respiratory system,
<br />heart, central nervous system
<br />Beryllium Be A hard, brittle, gray-white solid. 0.0002 4 inh
<br />con
<br />Berylliosis (chronic exposure): anorexia, weight loss, lassitude
<br />(weakness, exhaustion), chest pain, cough, clubbing of fingers,
<br />cyanosis, pulmonary insufficiency; irritation eyes; dermatitis
<br />CARCINOGEN
<br />Eyes, skin, respiratory system
<br />Cadmium Cd Silver-white, blue-tinged lustrous, odorless solid. 0.005 9 headache; inh
<br />ing
<br />Pulmonary edema, dyspnea (breathing difficulty), cough, chest
<br />tightness, substemal (occurring beneath the sternum) pain;
<br />chills, muscle aches; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea;
<br />anosmia (loss of the sense of smell), emphysema, proteinuria,
<br />mild anemia
<br />CARCINOGEN
<br />Respiratory system, kidneys,
<br />prostate, blood
<br />Chromium
<br />Chrome
<br />Chromium
<br />Cr
<br />Blue-white to steel-gray, lustrous, brittle, hard,
<br />odorless solid. 0.5 250
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin; lung fibrosis (histologic) Eyes, skin, respiratory system
<br />Cobalt Cobalt metal dust
<br />Co Odorless, silver-gray to black solid. 0.020 20
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Cough, dyspnea (breathing difficulty), wheezing, decreased
<br />pulmonary function; weight loss; dermatitis; diffuse nodular
<br />fibrosis; respiratory hypersensitivity, asthma
<br />Skin, respiratory system
<br />Copper Copper metal dusts
<br />Cu Reddish, lustrous, malleable, odorless solid. 1 100
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, respiratory system; cough, dyspnea (breathing
<br />difficulty), wheezing
<br />Eyes, skin, respiratory system,
<br />liver, kidneys (increase(d) risk with
<br />Wilson's disease)
<br />Lead
<br />Lead metal
<br />Plumbum
<br />Pb
<br />A heavy, ductile, soft, gray solid. 0.05 100
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Lassitude (weakness, exhaustion), insomnia; facial pallor;
<br />anorexia, weight loss, malnutrition; constipation, abdominal pain,
<br />colic; anemia; gingival lead line; tremor; paralysis wrist, ankles;
<br />encephalopathy; kidney disease; irritation eyes; hypertension
<br />Eyes, gastrointestinal tract, central
<br />nervous system, kidneys, blood,
<br />gingival tissue
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