{"id":85707,"date":"2020-05-08T15:31:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T10:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15292"},"modified":"2021-02-27T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T11:24:06","slug":"vizag-gas-leak-what-is-styrene-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vizag-gas-leak-what-is-styrene-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Vizag gas leak: What is styrene gas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Styrene gas leakage at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam has killed several people and forced the evacuation of thousands of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Styrene:<\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>is an organic compound with the formula C8H8.It is a derivative of benzene and is colourless liquid that evaporates easily,<\/li><li><strong>Uses: <\/strong>It is the main raw material for synthesis of polystyrene which is a versatile plastic used to make parts of various appliances such as refrigerators, automotive parts, parts of electronics and in food packaging.<\/li><li><strong>Effects of Exposure:<\/strong><ul><li><strong>Short-term exposure: <\/strong>It can result in respiratory problems, irritation in the eyes, irritation in the mucous membrane, and gastrointestinal issues.<\/li><li><strong>Long-term exposure: <\/strong>It could drastically affect the central nervous system and lead to other related problems like peripheral neuropathy.It could also lead to cancer and depression in some cases.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Symptoms: <\/strong>Headache, Hearing loss, fatigue, weakness, difficulty in concentrating among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/itDXeGNGI6eOEBNfZlW1w5P0qOrLf50ZJW66mB_jSxv0Iv40AcgzuSnfxBuj7ttWKsm8s5-1gmVx6TJYYIsSocY2dCJWurz7AL5vesR-jCc4NOYRKbCsaOSqXQUoxeCZNdFG8I7g\" width=\"225\" height=\"393\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Styrene gas leakage at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam has killed several people and forced the evacuation of thousands of people. Facts: Styrene:It is an organic compound with the formula C8H8.It is a derivative of benzene and is colourless liquid that evaporates easily, Uses: It is the main raw material for synthesis of polystyrene which&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vizag-gas-leak-what-is-styrene-gas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vizag gas leak: What is styrene gas?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1229,4182],"tags":[2641,3117],"class_list":["post-85707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disaster-management","category-environment","tag-andhra-pradesh","tag-styrene-gas","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704451384},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}