Hazardous substances can have various effects on the body. Some of those are the following:
● Irritant: Causing a reaction such as inflammation or swelling
● Corrosive: Destroying or burning tissue
● Toxic: Poisoning
● Carcinogenic: Causing cancerous tumours and lesions
● Pathogenic: Causing disease
● Radioactive: Causing both short-term effects and long-term effects including tumours, damage to genetic material and harm to fetuses Effects that may arise from exposure to hazardous substances could be:
● Acute: Short-term
● Chronic: Long-term
● Intermediate: Mid-term