Petroleum products can damage skin, eyes, and respiratory tract. Gloves should be worn to reduce skin exposure. Long-term exposure can lead to skin tissue death and eye burns. Petroleum jelly can break condoms and may contain impurities. Refining petroleum can lead to soil contamination and pose health risks.
Exposure to petroleum products such as gasoline can damage the skin, eyes and respiratory tract. Petroleum tends to be most dangerous when its fumes are inhaled, but long-term skin exposure also carries risks.
If you regularly come into skin contact with petroleum-based products, the best method to reduce your exposure is to wear gloves. If one, for example, pumps gas for a living, wearing gloves can reduce skin exposure.
Over time, handling petroleum products can lead to the death of skin tissue. You may develop a dry rash or have cracked skin. If you are pumping fuel, the best way to reduce your risk is to wash your hands immediately after pumping.
Petroleum products on your hands can also be transferred to your eyes if you touch your eyes with your hands. Eye exposure to petroleum can cause eye burns, which can permanently impair vision. It is advisable to wash your hands immediately after exposure to avoid this risk.
Washing your hands after using petroleum products is also valuable, as those in the form of petrol are flammable. If one is a smoker and lights a cigarette after filling up with gas, there can be tragic consequences. Hands can easily catch fire when exposed to oil.
In the form of petroleum jelly, such as petroleum jelly, the petroleum present is thought to cause little risk to the skin. However, it can break condoms and should never be used as a sexual lubricant. It may also contain impurities or other chemicals, which may cause skin damage after prolonged use.
The main risks of petroleum products are that they often contain other chemicals during processing which can be hazardous to health. Therefore, many petroleum products such as fuel can be hazardous to health in the ways listed above.
The process of refining petroleum for use in other products has, according to some environmental reports, led to soil contamination, particularly with chemicals used to refine petroleum. Environmentalists believe that such contamination could enter water supplies and food sources, thereby posing a health risk to all individuals. These claims are unproven. However, given previous discoveries about petroleum additives, it’s safe to assume that caution should be exercised, particularly around automotive fuel and motor oil, and hands should be washed thoroughly after exposure.
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