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Acetone

Acetone. By Kathy Shropshire Saniesa Thomas. The Chemical. Acetone is an organic compound composed of (CH3)2CO which involves carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The chemical is in a liquid most of the time but it has been produced in a dry powder substance. How and why were they used?.

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Acetone

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  1. Acetone By Kathy Shropshire Saniesa Thomas

  2. The Chemical Acetone is an organic compound composed of (CH3)2CO which involves carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The chemical is in a liquid most of the time but it has been produced in a dry powder substance .

  3. How and why were they used? • Found in exhaust from cars and trucks. It can be used as a solvent or to make plastic. The most common form might be as a nail polish remover

  4. What happens when it enters the environment ? • Acetone is already found naturally in the environment • It evaporates easily into environment. It mixes well with water.

  5. How can we be exposed to this chemical? Our bodies make small amounts of acetone. Diabetics produce more than the average human without diabetes. Exposure can also include consuming and having some common household products that has acetone as an ingredient. There are some amounts of acetone in the air, so we are inhaling some parts of it as we speak.

  6. How does it affect the human health? • If you swallow a lot of acetone you can pass out! It can also damage your skin in high concentrations. • Your body normally contains some acetone because it's made during the breakdown of fat. • It can also cause headaches, dizziness, confusion, a faster pulse, nausea, vomiting, effects on the blood, passing out, possibly a coma, and a shorter menstrual cycle in women.

  7. Is there a medical test to show whether someone has been exposed to the chemical? • There are tests that can show how much amount of acetone a person can have in your system, but they cannot tell the person the health effects they will have. • You have to test yourself within 2-3 days from the exposure of acetone. • The test is just urine and blood samples that will be taken to a lab.

  8. What recommendations has the federal gov given? • The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set a legal limit of 750 ppm of acetone in workroom air. • EPA requires that spills of 5,000 pounds or more of acetone be reported.

  9. A Study on Acetone • The only hazardous event is consuming high amounts of acetone. Small amounts is harmless but in high amounts leads to serious health problems to possible death. The consequences are irritation to certain parts of the body, vomiting and nausea, possible coma, and final death which is rare in most cases. • If the case is not that severe to where the patient is going to die, stomach pumping and giving oxygen is resolutions to this chemicals.

  10. "Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry." ATSDR Home. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. <http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ "Acetone." 301 Moved Permanently. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. <http://www.eco-usa.net/toxics/chemicals/acetone.shtml>. "Acetone (CASRN 67-64-1) | IRIS | US EPA." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. <http://www.epa.gov/IRIS/subst/0128.htm>. Bibliography

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