science hazard symbols

• Hazard symbols are pictorial symbols that convey health, physical and environmental hazard information.
• Radiation:

  • Damaging to living tissue, possibly causing DNA damage and mutations
• Corrosive:

  • Destroys, or eats away living tissue and some other materials
• Flammable:

  • Easily catches fire
• Oxidising:

  • May cause flammable substances to catch fire
• Environmental Hazard:

  • Substances that can damage the environment if released
• Toxic:

  • Most likely to cause death either when swallowed, breathed in, or through skin contact
• Moderate Hazard:

  • Will cause eye irritation
  • Harmful if inhaled
  • When in contact with skin will cause blistering and inflammation
• Health Hazard:

  • A major risk to health
  • Long term health hazard
  • Substances that can attack organs in the body and may even cause cancer (carcinogen)
• Biohazard:

  • Biological substances that pose a threat to human health
• Explosive:

  • May explode if heated, brought close to a flame, or knocked