Chemical Exposure and Side Effects
Chemical Exposure: Side effects & Chemical Injury
What is chemical exposure?
When someone comes in contact with a chemical, either knowingly or accidentally, several health consequences can arise as a result.
Examples of places you may have been chemically exposed :
- Factories
- Various buildings
- Construction sites
- Manufacturing plants
- Soil
- Train accidents
- Truck accidents
- Landfills and/or drums used to hold chemicals
- Bodies of water (natural or man-made)
Industries or factories that have a high possibility of chemical exposure :
- Mines
- All types of plastic
- Construction
- Paint
- Automotive
- Waste disposal
Additionally, pesticides and fertilizers can be hazardous and can enter the body through the skin, as well as by way of food or water sources.
Chemical exposure can cause endocrine-disruption, immunological dysfunction, neurological damage, cancer, and birth defects. If you have been hurt or injured from any of the chemicals found within this site please contact us using the free case review form to the right.
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