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Safe Handling of Chemicals

September 18, 2019

Chemicals can cause you and others harm cause skin allergies and asthma cause skin burns and eye damage keep clean, cool, dry keep chemicals in their original containers secure storage to prevent access by vulnerable people Don’t store chemicals in bottles or containers designed for other uses (for example food and drink containers)

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Safe Handling of Chemicals