Hazardous Chemicals In Lab
What types of hazardous chemicals
are present in laboratories?
Hazardous chemicals present physical or health
threats to workers in clinical, industrial, and
academic laboratories. They include carcinogens,
toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins,
nephrotoxins, neurotoxins as well as agents that act
on the hematopoietic systems or damage the lungs,
skin, eyes, or mucous membranes. OSHA currently
has rules that limit exposures to approximately
400 substances.
