Your Health and Safety at Work: A Collection of Modules - Your Body at Work (ILO, 1996, 40 p.): III. Effects of toxic substances: (introduction...)

Your Health and Safety at Work: A Collection of Modules - Your Body at Work (ILO, 1996, 40 p.)

III. Effects of toxic substances

		*(introduction...)*
		A. Local effects
		B. Systemic effects
		C. Acute effects
		D. Chronic effects

(introduction...)

Although some of the medical terms may be unfamiliar to you, it is important to understand the body's reaction to toxic materials. Knowing what to look for may alert you to the signs and symptoms associated with a particular occupational disease. Toxic substances can cause four types of effects on the body: local, systemic, acute and chronic.