SafetyBytes® HazCom: How Hazardous Substances Effect The Body

Chemicals and materials that help create everything from the microchips in our computers, to the medicines that improve our health, can pose a hazard, IF they are not handled safely. In this SafetyBytes® lesson, we’ll discuss various classes of hazardous substances and the effect they have on certain body organs.

Knowing the potentially harmful effects of chemicals is an important step in protecting your health.  But more important is understanding that all of these effects can be prevented if you follow the control measures that the company has put in place to safeguard your health.