Seksyen 8

Encephalopathy, peripheral neuritis, polyneuropathy, acquired haemolytic anaemia, glomerular and tubular damage, nasal septum perforation, skin hyperkeratosis, lung fibrosis, dystrophy of corneral surface, hepatic angiosarcoma cancer of skin and lung

Benign pneumoconiosis

(baritosis), local irritation

Chronic beryllium disease, tracheobronchitis, pneumonitis dermatitis (ulceration or granuloma), berylliosis, lung cancer

Respiratory and skin irritation,

Central nervous system depression, mental behavior disorders, renal damage

Osteomalacia, pneumonitis, emphysema, tubular and glomerular damage with renal failure, anosmia, lung cancer

Nasal and skin ulcer, nasal septum perforation, tubular necrosis, allergic and irritant dermatitis, asthma

Occupations involving the use or handling of (manufacture, transport, storage, disposal) and exposure to the metal and its toxic fumes, dust or vapour or its compound exceeding Permissible

Exposure Limits

Exposure during mining, alloy production, copper smelting, production and use of arsenic pesticide, herbicides, insecticides;

use in the microelectronic industry; and used as pigment and refining agents in glass manufacture, preservative in tanning wood and cable sheaths

Exposure during the manufacture of aluminium alloys, ceramics (as flux), welding rod fluxes, flares and fireworks, lubricating oil detergents, rubber, paint, paper, linoleum and plastics (as filler)

hair removers, pesticide; during barite ore refining

Exposure during production of hard, corrosion-resistant alloys in aerospace industry, nuclear reactors; ceramic and refractory products, electrical contacts, switches, welding electrodes, cathode ray tubes, metallic alloys and lithography for the electronics industry

Exposure during degassing and deoxidising of metals; steel hardening process; metallurgic processes (as fluxes and shielding slag); use in atomic reactors as neutron absorber; glass fibers production and in bleaching products

Exposure during electroplating;

manufacture of nickel-cadmium batteries, high speed bearings, soldering, welding and silver brazing (as fillers); use in plastics industry (stabiliser); use as pigments (in rubber, ink, plastics, paint, textiles) and jewellery manufacture

Exposure during electroplating, dye or pigment manufacture and welding

200

Chemicals-Metals and its compounds