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What can Potassium dichromate do to humans and the environment?


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  • Potassium dichromate possesses carcinogenic properties which affects the health of humans as well as the environment.
  • Inhalation and ingestion of dichromate affects the lungs and different parts of the digestive system.
  • It affects the liver, skin, eyes, kidneys, blood and upper respiratory tract in human on continuous exposure to potassium dichromate.
  • On skin, burns, irritations, blistering, itching and inflammation occurs when exposed to dichromate.
  • It also causes environmental harms like affects the lives of amphibians and creatures like bunnies etc..
  • It also is found to affect the climatic conditions of an area.

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