Seksyen 21

Allergic contact dermatitis, asthma, interstitial pneumonitis, nasal and lung cancer (Nickel bisulphide)

Interstitial pneumonitis, pulmonary and cerebral oedema, cerebral haemorrage

Necrosis of jaw, dermal burns, respiratory irritation, hepatic and renal toxicity

Asthma, allergic contact dermatitis, allergic rhinitis

Pulmonary oedema, skin irritant allergic dermatitis and skin burns

Sensori-motor polyneuropathy

Respiratory irritation, benign pneu-moconiosis (stannosis)

seizures, skin irritation and fits

Irritation of eyes, mild to severe skin and mucous membrane irritation, cerebral oedema, hepatic necrosis and fits

Kidney disease, lung cancer, radiation sickness

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 concentrating, smelting or refining in the nickel producing industry, stainless steel production, manufacture of batteries, metallurgy, alloys, electroplating; use as catalysts and pigments; sulphide nickel ore miners and high nickel alloy manufacture workers

Exposure to nickel carbonyl gas during refining of nickel

Exposure during use as fertilizer;

use in beverage and dentifrices production (phosphoric acid salts); pesticides/ rodenticide, flame retardants, gasoline and lube oils production (inorganic phosphorus compounds);

explosives, ammunitions and match production (red phosphorus)

Exposure during use in electroplating, platinum refinery operations and manufacture of fluorescent screen

Exposure to elemental selenium in electronics, glass, ceramic, plastic and rubber industries

Exposure during use as rodenticide, manufacture of electronic components and optical lens

Exposure during use in electroplating, canning, soldering, tin alloy processes

Exposure during use as stabiliser in plastics and oil, as catalysts in curing rubber; as preservatives in textile and leather and as biocides in marine plants

Exposure during mining and use of uranium

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Chemicals-Metals and its compounds