How do chemicals cause injury to people?
To cause injury or illness, a chemical simply has to make contact with or enter the body. This can occur in one or more of the following ways; – Inhaling into the lungs – Absorbing through the skin – Eating or drinking the substance (ingesting) – Splashing into the eyes – By injection. Source: Chemical Safety in Schools (1999). Department of Education and Training, Volume 1, Workplace training module, page 135.
