Hazmat operations Questions and
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Carcinogen - ✔✔-Any material that causes cancerous growths in living tissue.
Corrosive - ✔✔-Material that causes visible destruction or irreversible damage alterations to living tissue
by chemical action at the site of contact.
Lethal Dose (LD50) - ✔✔-Causes the death of 50 percent of a group of test animals exposed to it by any
route other than inhalation.
Lethal Concentration (LC50) - ✔✔-The amount of material in the air that is expected to kill 50 percent of
a group (inhalation).
Toxic - ✔✔-A chemical falling in LD50 or LC50
Irritant - ✔✔-A chemical that is not corrosive but one that causes a reversible inflammatory effect on
living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact.
Sensitizer - ✔✔-A chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people or animals to
develop an allergic reaction in normal tissue after repeated exposure.
Hepatotoxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that produce liver damage.
Nephrotoxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that produce kidney damage.
, Neurotoxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that produce their primary toxic effects on the nervous system.
Blood agents - ✔✔-Decrease the function of hemoglobin in the blood; deprive the hemotopolatic body
tissues of oxygen system.
Pulmonary agents - ✔✔-Irritate the lung or damage the pulmonary tissue.
Reproductive toxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that affect the reproductive capabilities, including chromosomal
damage and effects on fetuses.
Asphyxiant - ✔✔-A substance that can cause unconsciousness or death by suffocation.
Convulsant - ✔✔-Material that can cause an exposed individual to have a seizure.
Allergen - ✔✔-An allergy provoking substance.
Carcinogen - ✔✔-Any material that causes cancerous growths in living tissue.
Mutagen - ✔✔-Causes changes in the genetic system of a living cell.
Teratogen - ✔✔-Any substance that causes growth abnormalities in embryos or genetic modifications in
cells.
Radiation - ✔✔-Alpha,Beta particles, Gamma rays and Neutron.
Alpha Particles - ✔✔-Slow moving, relatively heavy, short range (3 inches). Not considered dangerous
unless ingested.
Beta Particles - ✔✔-Very small, high penetrating power, travel distance of 7 feet. Can damage skin tissue
and can damage internal organs if ingested or abdorbed.
answers, 100% Accurate, verified.
Carcinogen - ✔✔-Any material that causes cancerous growths in living tissue.
Corrosive - ✔✔-Material that causes visible destruction or irreversible damage alterations to living tissue
by chemical action at the site of contact.
Lethal Dose (LD50) - ✔✔-Causes the death of 50 percent of a group of test animals exposed to it by any
route other than inhalation.
Lethal Concentration (LC50) - ✔✔-The amount of material in the air that is expected to kill 50 percent of
a group (inhalation).
Toxic - ✔✔-A chemical falling in LD50 or LC50
Irritant - ✔✔-A chemical that is not corrosive but one that causes a reversible inflammatory effect on
living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact.
Sensitizer - ✔✔-A chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people or animals to
develop an allergic reaction in normal tissue after repeated exposure.
Hepatotoxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that produce liver damage.
Nephrotoxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that produce kidney damage.
, Neurotoxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that produce their primary toxic effects on the nervous system.
Blood agents - ✔✔-Decrease the function of hemoglobin in the blood; deprive the hemotopolatic body
tissues of oxygen system.
Pulmonary agents - ✔✔-Irritate the lung or damage the pulmonary tissue.
Reproductive toxins - ✔✔-Chemicals that affect the reproductive capabilities, including chromosomal
damage and effects on fetuses.
Asphyxiant - ✔✔-A substance that can cause unconsciousness or death by suffocation.
Convulsant - ✔✔-Material that can cause an exposed individual to have a seizure.
Allergen - ✔✔-An allergy provoking substance.
Carcinogen - ✔✔-Any material that causes cancerous growths in living tissue.
Mutagen - ✔✔-Causes changes in the genetic system of a living cell.
Teratogen - ✔✔-Any substance that causes growth abnormalities in embryos or genetic modifications in
cells.
Radiation - ✔✔-Alpha,Beta particles, Gamma rays and Neutron.
Alpha Particles - ✔✔-Slow moving, relatively heavy, short range (3 inches). Not considered dangerous
unless ingested.
Beta Particles - ✔✔-Very small, high penetrating power, travel distance of 7 feet. Can damage skin tissue
and can damage internal organs if ingested or abdorbed.
