work?... chemicals

[Em.ma]

Hi today i was working on a machine that creates this http://images.mysupermarket.co.uk/ProductsDetailed/4/167904.jpg

one packet split and i got a bit in my mouth I think.. it's got acids in it. citric i think.
i think i felt a crystal get in my mouth.
throat hurts now...
id be dead by now though wouldnt i this was hours ago?

[Stormsky]

No your not going to die.
Youd have to have ingested alot deliberately to be in danger.
But you didnt deliberately eat the stuff, just maybe got a spec of it... your throat hurting can be brought on by your mind thinking it hurts...
It was hours ago, your fine, drink lots of water, to flush your system.

[Em.ma]

thanks. today kept mouth closed lol..

also the stuff sometimes spill on hands and now i have a few white spots raised and its all red in one part and hand is raised their to (lump over the area)

[venusbluejeans]

Citric acid is is the acid that is in citrus fruits, I think there would be lots of people ill from eating oranges, gratefruits etc if it was dangerous.

[Em.ma]

yer.
theres other stuff in it to.
it dont half make you cough.
i dont mind it when im their just concentreating on getting the boxes out in time and enough (500 of them a day) in time

think i'll put gloves on tommorow.. another long day but i dont mind. I leave at 6am and get home 6pm ish. sometimes later haha.

its done some good for me though. i dont panic so much as i did as im distracted.