HYDROGEN SULPHIDE ADVERSE EFFECT

EFFECT OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE IS BASE ON FOUR FACTORS WHICH IS GIVEN BELOW

1. DURATION
2. INTENSITY
3. FREQUENCY
4. INDIVIDUAL SUSCEPTIBILITY

H2S HAZARD

• KILL SENSE OF SMELL
• MOST LETHAL GASES
• IRRITANT
• CORROSIVE

EXPOSURE AFFECT ON BODY

• WHEN A PERSON INHALES H2S 
• THROUGH LUNGS IN TO THE BLOOD THE PERSON BECOME POISONED.
• NERVES CENTER IN THE BRAIN BECOME PARALYZED 
• AND LUNG STOP WORKING AND THE PERSON IS ASPHYXIATED,
• HEART STOP AND BRAIN DIES

ACUTE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE

SHORT TERM

1. EYE IRRITATION
2. HEADACHES
3. NAUSEA
4. IRRITATION RESPIRATORY TRACT
5. DIZZINESS
6. SNEEZING
7. DIARRHOEA
8. EXCITEMENT
9. RESPIRATORY EFFECT
10. CARDIAC EFFECT

CHRONIC EFFECT OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE

LONG TERM

1. EYE IRRITATION
2. HEADACHES
3. NAUSEA
4. IRRITATION RESPIRATORY TRACT
5. SLEEP PROBLEM
6. ANOREXIA
7. PULMONARY OEDEMA
8. CORNEAL BLISTERING
9. CORNEAL PITTING
10. BRAIN DAMAGE