How to store household chemicals that no one was hurt
Tips / / December 19, 2019
At home, we keep a lot of substances that at first glance appear to be harmless, but in fact corrosive, toxic or flammable.
Chlorine bleaches, cleaners with strong acids - a source of danger. Even if simple washing powder was in the airways, and dishwashing detergent - in the stomach, the victim needed medical aid. And there is still cans of paint or varnish, solvents, aerosols, fertilizers and even real poisons. Look at how they safely store and use.
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Before you use the substance, read the instructions.
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apply hazardous substances with protection. A pair of rubber gloves and safety goggles primitive cost a penny, and it is better to buy them than to treat the skin and eyes. If the instructions to the facility indicated that it should be used with extra protection - use. Reasoning such as "What would happen, I'll quickly do everything" does not save from the effects of harmful substances.
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Do not forget that if you are working side by side with someone, then that person also needs protection.
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Always wash your hands after using hazardous household chemicals, even if they were wearing gloves.
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Work with hazardous substances after the cleaning in the room to make sure we do not stumble, do not fall and do not topple over something harmful. At a minimum, this means that all the things in the room should be based on your location.
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Keep any hazardous substances at a location which is well ventilated to avoid vapor cloud formed.
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Dispose of empty containers right away, do not keep them too long in the bin: so they will not reach up to pets and children, and the remainder will not accidentally on the floor.
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When putting a bottle or a jar of harmful content on the shelf, make sure that the handles, corners and edges of the banks did not extend beyond the shelf, not to accidentally hurt them in passing.
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Caps for any containers of hazardous substances should work well: tightly closed and opened without jerks. It is desirable that they had protection from the access of children and animals.
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Corrosive substances are stored on the lower shelves so that they do not accidentally overturned, when you gets them.
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If you have children at home, or animals, the storage of hazardous substances should be locked place.
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Home may appear and frankly toxic substances: insect repellents or rodents, for example. Better not keep stocks of such substances "just in case", to get rid of already open packs.
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Never overfill and do not transfer hazardous materials from the container in which you bought them, to the other. Suppose, liquid soap can be poured into a small bottle out of shampoo and bleach - no longer exists. Even if you have to do it on a new bottle or box should be marked: write on the tank, now it holds.
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Hazardous substances must be in cans and bottles with labels that say what's inside. If a label has come off, stick your.
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Do not place hazardous substances (especially cans of aerosols) next to a radiator to the package is not heated.
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Keep cartridges away from sources of ignition. Do not put the air freshener on the table next to the stove and do not hold hairspray on the window sill, if it is worth the ashtray, and you smoke at the window.