Hazardous Waste Site
Here is an investigator at a hazardous waste site. There has
just been a spill of something that may be dangerous. What
is it? Has anyone been harmed? Do people need to be evacuated?
These are just some of the questions that scientists at CDC
and our sister agency, the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, face when they are called in to help. Notice
how the worker is dressed to protect himself from the substance.
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Warning Do Not Stack Drums
Ok, what's wrong with this picture? Well this is a definite no no! Even though the sign to the right of Hazel says "Warning Do Not Stack Drums," it looks like someone did it anyway (Duh!). Click on what you think happened when one of the stacked drums fell and broke open. Hint: Look on the ground in front of the drum that Hazel is trying to open.
Caution Strip
These banners have "Caution Hazardous Material" written
on them. Now what do you think you should do? If you said, "keep
a safe distance from that area," you're a winner. (If
you didn't? Well, now you know.)
Spill Drain
Oops! What a mess and it's very dangerous too. Those chemicals
have to be cleaned up right away, before they go into the sewer
system, contaminate the water and possibly kill all the fish.
Not very cool.
Want to figure out what this green glowing gunk is?
Click here for a pocket guide
to chemical hazards.
Warning Sign
Sign, sign everywhere a sign. But they're all important. This
one tells you NOT to pour chemicals down the drain, like the
drain in front of the first drum. We don't want the chemicals
to contaminate the water, do we? Of course not. Besides, we
might have to drink it someday.
These stickers aren't on the metal drum to make it
look pretty, though they do help a little. They're
on there to let you know that there's dangerous stuff
inside. If you really want the inside scoop on toxic
chemicals and the environment, click
here.
Protective Suit
A spacesuit? Not really, but it still looks "out
of this world" doesn't it? It's called, now get
this, a "Class A Technical Suit". Wow, pretty
cool huh? The suit protects Hazel from touching hazardous
chemicals. It has its own oxygen supply so you don't
have to worry about breathing dangerous fumes. Hey, I
wonder if you can use it to go deep sea diving?...Not!