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Know Your Chemical Burns
by
Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Mon 21 Jun 2010 9:19am
There are two primary groups of chemical burns: acid and alkali. When assessing a chemical burn it is important to know both the causing agent (acid or alkali... contact with the skin and acids rapidly penetrate the skin, which can lead to life-threatening burns. Chemical burns cause 20 deaths per year. Bleach and drain cleaners are two
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A Look At Chemical Burns
by
Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 2:52am
. Chemical burns are another type of burn that can be quite serious.
There are different ways that you can receive a chemical burn. While many people are under the impression that they only occur in an industry settingyou can also receive chemical burns from your everyday household chemicals. Used properlythese chemicals are often used to clean the various
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CHEMICALLY BURNED EYES REPAIRED WITH STEM CELLS
by
David Granovsky
Posted
Sat 12 Jun 2010 12:00am
in the Supplementary Appendix , available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org), who had total limbal stem-cell deficiency due to an acid burn (image at left). His visual acuity... by alkali burns and were treated with unsuccessful surgery 13, 30, and 3 years before admission, respectively. All three eyes had total limbal stem-cell deficiency, complete
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Chemical And Electrical Burns
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Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Mon 24 May 2010 1:06pm
Chemical burns are burn injuries resulting from misuse of products. They can be strong acid or they can result from base liquids. Labels should warn of toxicity level. Chemical burns can occur at home, in the workplace or at school.
Chemicals can cause harm when inhaled, absorbed through the skin or ingested. These chemicals can enter
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WATCH: Mark Schapiro on Regulating the Toxic Chemicals in Our Products
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Chelsea Green
Posted
Tue 24 Feb 2009 9:46pm
Amy Goodman speaks to award-winning investigative journalist Mark Schapiro, author of Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power in this segment from Democracy Now!. Schapiro writes, “The European-led revolution in chemical regulation requires that thousands of chemicals finally be assessed for their potentially
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BPA Banned from Baby Bottles; What About Other Chemicals and Other Products?
by
Diane
Posted
Fri 06 Mar 2009 2:14pm
Six major U.S. baby products manufacturers agreed to remove the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) from baby bottles, in an agreement reached with the Connecticut Attorney... administration to overhaul federal chemicals policy to protect infants and children from exposures to toxic chemicals,” said Environmental Working Group (EWG) Executive Director Richard
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And it burns burns burns, that radiation burns!
by
msrenda
Posted
Fri 21 Aug 2009 12:39pm
they call "booster" treatments to the tumor area on my breast. So I am near the end of my treatments and can now say that yes radiation treatment burns.
A couple weeks ago I... that the radiation is still working in my body makes me wonder just how much worse this burn is going to get before it heals.
I've never really been badly sunburned in my life so I can't
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Classifying A Burn
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Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Wed 03 Nov 2010 1:56pm
There are several ways to classify a burn. A burn can be classified by the agent, by the degree, by the depth and by the clinical findings.
Different burn agents or sources of the burns are chemicals, friction, electricity, radiation, extreme temperatures (both heat and cold), scalding, and steam.
Electrical burns can be caused by lightning
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Keeping Your Child Safe From Accidental Burns
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Shilah C. Azib
Posted
Sat 27 Nov 2010 10:16pm
close supervision around items that are hot or may cause burns such as chemicals.
Our homes should be a safe haven, but unfortunately many of the objects in them can turn... that they come into contact with; these first lessons should not include burns.
Burns are painful reminders of kids getting too close to hot objects, playing with fire, or getting too
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