Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Carbon Tetrachloride, Chemical Weapon, Lymphatic System

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B
• Professor: Tim Hill

Document Summary

Chemical agent: hazards created by one or more chemicals. More than 70,000 different chemicals are used in na, no toxicity data for about 80% of commercially used chemicals. Physiological reactions like headaches and nausea to low level chemical exposures have been labeled total allergy syndrome, twentieth century disease and environmental illness. Such agents may be hazards themselves but they can also interact synergistically with lifestyle or environmental factors. Synergistic effects occur when the result of two factors taken together is greater than the sum of the two. Asbestos worker is 4x more likely than a non-asbestos worker to develop lung cancer, probability rises to. 80-90 times more likely if the asbestos worker smokes. 80% of all occupational illnesses are the result of chemical exposures. The extent to which a potentially toxic substance is a health hazard will depend on things like concentration of the chemical and length of time the employee is exposed to it.