Risk warnings

Any situation that participants might find themselves in could present potential risks. Warning signs and labels are a common feature of everyday life but their very commonness lessens their impact. Some situations, however, come with no such warnings attached and the risks may be less obvious, but still need serious consideration. Teachers and group leaders should be sensitive to the possibility that some participants may have had personal experience of one or more of the risky situations included. 

R. Uhlig, Vitamin pill alert will be hard to swallow . Daily Telegraph (8 May 2003) J. Leake, Health risk warning over high doses of vitamin pills , Sunday Times (4 May 2003). 

Special warnings and precautions for use (in the order relative contraindications, warnings and precautions) including special populations at risk. Warnings about excipients and hypersensitivity are mandatory in this section. However, interactions, pregnancy, lactation and ability to operate machines do not belong in this section... 

OVEREXPOSURE MAY CREATE CANCER RISK WARNING CAUSES IRRITATION... 

Figure 51 The various legal labels that are mandatory for risk warnings on chemical packagings/containers. (Colour version of this figure appears on p. xiv.)...

Plate 5 The various legal labels that are mandatory for risk warnings on chemical... 

Toxicity. Antimony has been found not to be a carcinogen or to present any undue risk to the environment (9). However, because antimony compounds also contain minor amounts of arsenic which is a poison and a carcinogen, warning labels are placed on all packages of antimony trioxide. 

Since diketene is a strong eye irritant even at low levels, it has a strong warning effect. Diketene becomes unbearable before acute toxic levels are reached. Due to the risk of delayed lung edema, a physician should be consulted and the patient monitored carefully after exposure. 

Health and Safety. Halosilane vapors react with moist air to produce the respective hydrohalogen acid mist. Federal standards have not set exposure to halosilanes, but it is generally beheved that there is no serious risk if vapor concentrations are maintained below a level that produces an irritating concentration of acid mist. The exposure threshold limit value (TLV) for HCl is 5 ppm, expressed as a ceiling limit. Because most people experience odor and irritation at or below 5 ppm, HCl is considered to have good warning properties. 

Has the facility identified, evaluated and implemented controls to reduce risks associated with catastrophic chemical releases (for example, implemented any of the following measures minimization of on-site inventories, installation of early warning systems of chemical releases, proper containment or durable piping) involving toxic or volatile substances If yes, summarize the results. 

Place a red triangle warning device at the rear of the vehicle and near any spillage Prevent smoking and direct other vehicles away from any fire risk area Upon the police/fire brigade taking charge ... 

The harmful effects of industrial emissions are not confined to the workers but extend beyond the plant boundary line. Chemically-induced diseases among workers exposed to industrial chemicals are a warning sign of the risks to which a larger population is also being exposed usually the chemical hazards are in principle similar in the occupational and general environment. However, occasionally environmental exposures can be qualitatively different from the occupational environment and may also cause deleterious health effects in the general population. 

Preserving product while the product is under your control may be addressed by your handling and packaging provisions, but in-process preservation may also be necessary to protect finishes from deterioration during further processing. Such measures need to be specified in the work instructions for particular products. For products that start to deteriorate when the packaging seal is broken, the supplier s responsibility extends beyond delivery to the point of use. In such cases markings need to be applied to the containers to warn the consumers of the risks. 

Errors in design and changes in operation will occur which increase the risk of corrosion. Corrosion-monitoring systems give advance warning and enable remedial measures to be worked out and adopted. 

Formation of vapor bubbles in rapidly flowing or turbulent water causing risk of pumping failure and erosion and/or corrosion. Due to an increase in velocity at the pump head resulting in a localized pressure reduction and the subsequent collapse of the vapor into voids or cavities. Where FW temperatures are high (over perhaps 195-205 °F) the pump velocity can reduce FW vapor pressure below that corresponding to the temperature of the liquid and cavitation can occur accompanied by some noise. Warning of severe pump cavitation is often indicated by a heavy noise. 

The EVA warns the public not to take ephedrine-contain-ing dietary supplements with labels that portray the products as an alternative to illegal street drugs such as Ebsta because these products may pose serious health risks to consumers... 

Women taking the barbituratesor the benzodiazepines should be warned of the potential risk to the fetus so that contraceptive methods may be instituted, if necessary. A child born to a mother taking benzodiazepines may develop withdrawal symptomsduring the postnatal period. 

Warning associated with the administration of estrogen include an increased risk of endometrial cancer, gallbladder disease, hypertension, hepatic adenoma (a benign tumor of the liver), cardiovascular disease, increased risk of thromboembolic disease and hypercalcemia in those with breast cancer and bone metastases. 

A whole range of precautions may be based on the principles summarized earlier. However, general precautions, applicable to the majority of work situations, are listed in Table 5.13, many of which are included in legal requirements. For example, in the UK The Fire Precautions Act 1971 specifies requirements for fire resistance of surfaces and building structure, assessment of risk, means of escape, means for giving warning, firefighting equipment, and fire instruction and drills. 

Ensure that hazard warning panels/compartment labels are removed/covered when any/all of the substances have been unloaded and the tank/compartment has been cleaned or purged - such that the dangerous substance remaining is insufficient to create a risk. 

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