is engineering harmful for health

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is engineering harmful for health

Post by Ashiqa-Shamsuddeen »

Is it right that different types of engineering is hazardous to health
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Re: is engineering harmful for health

Post by k4gfwgerry »

Almost every engineering discipline has some hazard if proper precautions are not taken. As an example wearing productive clothing and gloves is a good safety practice in chemical engineering. Wearing non conductive gloves are good for electrical engineering. Nuclear engineering would certainly require more sophisticated safety measures. I hope that helps. Good luck with your project.
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Re: is engineering harmful for health

Post by taihu »

It really depends. Chemical engineering and nuclear engineering I think can be the most harmful ones. But with proper protection, the harm is reduced to a minimum.
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