What are the environmental hazards existing in an electronic factory?
These three chemicals are easily volatilized in the air and are highly harmful by hand contact. In addition to solvents, a variety of heavy metals on the human body is also a great harm, and because heavy metal accumulation in the human body is not easy to discharge, will have long-term impact on health, and even affect life. In recent years, a large number of cases of lead, mercury and cadmium poisoning (or excessive) occurred in battery factory workers. Lead can damage the nervous system, cause memory loss and sexual dysfunction. Cadmium is a heavy toxic heavy metal with high carcinogenicity and great influence on the reproductive system. In the electronic factory, this kind of heavy metals (compounds) mostly exist in the form of dust or smoke, workers long-term inhalation, it will cause poisoning or excessive chemicals in the body.
Usually, a chemical can also cause many hazards to the human body. The electronic factory usually uses some poisonous and harmful solvents as cleaning agents, such as washing board water, and the main ingredient is trichloroethylene. Trichloroethylene can impair liver function and symptoms are similar to hepatitis. Some patients with trichloroethylene poisoning have been misdiagnosed as liver disease and have not been able to prescribe the right remedy to death. Water is also common, usually containing benzene and toluene. Benzene is a highly toxic chemical, has a strong carcinogenicity, chronic benzene poisoning patients with aplastic anemia, both leukemia. Toluene can also cause acute or chronic poisoning. There is also a commonly used solvent called "white oil", also known as "de oil", the main ingredient is n-hexane, toxicity is lower than benzene. In recent years, many factories use it instead of benzene solvents, but due to improper use, the workshop environment is poor, no ventilation, lack of protective measures, many workers caused by n-hexane poisoning. N-hexane can damage people's peripheral nerves. A major symptom of chronic n-hexane poisoning is weakness, numbness, and soreness of the limbs.
Chemical hazards generally exist in three forms: solid, liquid and gas. Exposure to any form of toxic chemicals can be hazardous to health and life. The extent of the damage depends on the length of contact time and the strength of the chemicals. There are three main ways of chemical invasion: skin infiltration, respiratory tract inhalation and ingestion. For electronic manufacturing workers, the primary route is the first two. At present, there are hundreds of chemicals used in the electronics industry, which are harmful to the human body. Some will damage the brain and nervous system, some easy to cause cancer, some damage to liver and digestive system or cardiovascular, or reproductive effects, resulting in female irregular menstruation, male sexual function decline, or infertility.
