HARMFUL COMPOUNDS

Precious Diane A. Maala

9- John F. Kennedy
Lyceum of the Philippines University Batangas

Submitted to:
Ms. Joyness Gonzales
They’ve said that all chemicals can cause us harm. Maybe it’s because of its toxicity. Many
chemicals are too toxic that people shouldn’t encounter it because you may die. There are some
cases that the toxicity is where you are comfortable in like in your car, there in your car there is
a moderate toxicity level that is called “ethylene glycol” but there is more dangerous than that.
Cause it may lead up to oxalic acid. Oxalic acid is a human metabolite and it’s an odorless white
solid.Some chemicals are explosive like hydrogen peroxide. Some have like a poison to animals
like insects and mammals it is called “organophosphate” it is human-made. Some of the
chemicals are human-made that causes harm but maybe they can also give advantages maybe
they didn’t know that even if it has advantages they didn’t see the harmful effects that it can
cause. Chemicals can be safe but it is rare, a lot of chemicals are harmful that you need to have
a research just for you to know if all of the things that are near you is safe. Some people made
these chemicals for them to test and to make a remedy of it. Some just wanted these to kill
people and animals.

Table of Compounds
Chemical Chemical Sources Effects
Name Formula

Organophosphate O=P(OR)3 Contaminated food or Harm people and

Pesticides water other animals and
often fatal.
Potassium Cyanide Burning of rubber, When exposed it can
KCN plastic and silk be rapidly fatal.
Affecting those organ
systems most
sensitive to low
oxygen levels.
Ethylene Glycol
C2H6O2 Alcohol with 2
adjacent carbon
Can cause you from
vomiting, convulsions
atoms derived from or even coma.
ethylene
Sodium Cyanide Inhalation of fumes Early symptoms or
NaCN from burning polymer effects include
products lightheadedness,
giddiness, rapid
breathing, nausea,
anxiety, etc…
Hydrogen Peroxide
H2O2 Rain and ozone
mixing in the
Exerts direct cytotoxic
effect via lipid
atmosphere peroxidation. It can
also lead to foaming
at the mouth that can
result in pulmonary
aspiration.
Dimethyl Mercury Organomercury It can cause ataxia
C2H6Hg compound (lack of coordination),
sensory disturbance
and changes in
mental state.
Fluoroantimonic Acid Treating liquid HF with It can dissolve glass
SbHF6 SbF5 and other materials
and can protonates
nearly all organic
compounds (such as
everything in your
body).
Chlorine Trifluoride Hydrofluoric acid with When exposed too
ClF3 release of heat much it can cause of
fluid in lungs that is
called pulmonary
edema or severe
shortness of breath.
Dimethyl Cadmium Organometallic Is very toxic to aquatic
Cd(CH3)2 compound life that is highly
flammable liquid and
vapor.
Batrachotoxin
C21H42N2O6 Skin of dart-poison
frogs
It causes numbness in
human tissue and
deadly effects by
interfering with the
body’s ability to
transmit electrical
signals by means of
action potentials.
CONCLUSION:
As of conclusion Compounds do cause harm and more than harm it does deal a poisonous
effect making the person infected be weak and be vulnerable to different kinds of diseases or
just be more non-resistant to the infection afflicted.
To be more clarified we must take proper and safe measures to handling compounds
especially the toxic and acidic compounds.
Be aware that this compounds might also have a mix in used pesticides regularly cause they
are mostly common among them.