White Paper: Toxic Chemical, Absorbs Through Skin

Description

When sampling for hazardous chemicals it is natural to think of taking air contamination samples, which is fine for many chemicals.  However, other chemicals are sneakier than that and add to the body’s toxic burden by absorbing through the skin.  This can be from direct contact or from contact of vapors or mists on unprotected skin, being absorbed into the body and then transported to the target organ via the bloodstream.

This document provides you with the tools to identify and manage this hazard.  As with other PSST! White Papers on chemical hazards the paper has the usual structure moving from “What it is What it Does”, “Using the SDS” all the way through engineering, safe work practice and administrative controls to which expanded standard chemicals absorb through skin and which require bio-monitoring.