Hazard Paper Assignent
Instructions: After reading the Unit IV Lesson and your assigned readings, choose three substances from the below lists. One substance must be a gas/vapor hazard, one must be an aerosol hazard, and one must be a biological hazard.
Gas: Ammonia, Arsine, Acetylene, Carbon Monoxide
Vapor: Acetone, Benzene, Ethyl Alcohol, Sulfuric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide
Aerosols:
Dusts (e.g. coal dusts, hardwood dusts, silica dust)
Mists (e.g. ink mist, mineral oil mist from metal working fluid)
Fogs (e.g. methyl bromide, propylene glycol)
Fumes (e.g. metal fumes, paraffin wax food fumes, asphalt roofing or paving fumes)
Smokes (e.g. tobacco smoke, laser surgery smoke, diesel exhaust smoke
Fibers: e.g. asbestos, fiberglass, synthetic fibers
Write a minimum of one page for each hazard you choose (a minimum of three pages total), which summarizes the following information:
• Explain whether the substance is a chemical or biological hazard, and explain how you determined that.
• Explain the key chemical properties (vapor pressure, vapor density, molecular weight, relative size) as applicable, and describe how these properties affect the different routes of exposure. Based on the chemical properties, how would you identify which exposure route is the most important?
• Analyze how the substance could enter the body through the dermal route, and discuss why the dermal route would or would not be important.
• Describe the region of the respiratory system where deposition would be expected (only for the aerosol hazard).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.