From such cart road will be transported 6,000 tonnes of chemicals per year (M. VALASOPOULOS) is a colorless liquid with a characteristic sweet odor. Is monomer of polystyrene and many polymers. Used in making plastics. It is very toxic. Released into the air and causes a series of permanent damage in humans (cancer of the lymph nodes, leukemia, weakens the immune system, causes genetic mutations and teratogenic). Considered dangerous, particularly if contact with eyes or skin.
Immediately cause skin, eye irritation and respiratory, cough, nervous symptoms, dizziness, feeling of vomiting, headache, weakness, known as "styrene sickness" pulmonary edema, fainting, coma, cardiac arrhythmias, etc. Still causes spastic paralysis, muscle weakness, liver and kidney damage, dry skin and cracks, damage to the eyes, impaired hearing.
The same estimates for the toxic substance where does the ECB, the European Agency for Health Protection and the International Society for cancer research.
The unit of storage and handling of this chemical may be within the scope of Seveso-II.
Last month, the National Toxicology Program of the Ministry of Health included styrene in the list of carcinogenic substances.
In Ntempelets
A recent example of the effects of styrene was the evacuation of the city Ntempelets, 230 km east of Sofia, from the beginning, after rollover leaking toxic Turkish tanker, carrying a total of 20 tonnes of styrene and was bound for Romania. And evacuated the 2,000 people of the 4,500 residents who lived there. The area around the accident site blocked on ... radius of 200 meters, and conducted continuous measurements to determine their levels of air pollution.