Why is it necessary to rinse eyes for 15 minutes after getting a chemical in? Wouldn’t 1 minute be enough?
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Not even just your eyes. I recently splashed some muriatic acid on my leg while cleaning. I quickly hosed my leg off, then got back to work, thinking nothing of it. The next morning, my leg felt like I had a bunch of mosquito bites that I’d scratched raw. Thinking that’s what it was, I didn’t even bother looking. It wasn’t until later that night that my leg really started hurting. I took a look and there were red about a half dozen red blisters, each the size of a dime – but the skin wasn’t broken – yet. It took a few minutes before I remembered the acid splash and put 2+2 together. It took a week before the pain stopped and the blisters popped and scabbed over, and another two weeks before things had sufficiently healed. I’m still not sure if the scars are going to be permanent.
All because I didn’t rinse long enough with water.
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