Environmental Hazards of Chemicals: Health Effects, Chemical Handling and Chemical Safety! Health Effects of Chemicals on Human Body: The physical form of a chemical can affect how it enters your body and to some extent, the damage it causes. The main physical forms of chemicals are solids, dusts, liquids, vapours and gases: Solids: 1. Solids are the least likely of [...]
Some of the suitable examples of environmental hazards are:- 1. Electromagnetic Radiation 2. Arsenic 3. Chromium 4. Silica 5. Asbestos 6. Pesticides. Example 1 # Environmental Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation: We are under continual attack from electromagnetic fields (EMFs) radiating from power lines, household wiring, microwave ovens, computers, televisions, clock radios, cellular phones, electric blankets, and other appliances. Researchers have [...]
Environmental Hazards: Classification of Environmental Hazards and Disasters! Meaning and Concept of Disaster: Environmental hazards may be defined as those extreme events either natural or anthropogenic which exceed the tolerable magnitude within or beyond certain time limits, make adjustment difficult, resulting catastrophic losses of property, income and lives and become head lines of different news media at world level. [...]