Calcium carbide related ocular burn injuries during mango ripening season of West Bengal, eastern India - Bandyopadhyay S, Saha M, Biswas S, Ranjan A, Naskar AK, Bandyopadhyay L.

INTRODUCTION: Calcium carbide used in fruit ripening industry as a cheap alternative to natural plant hormone ethylene produces highly inflammable acetylene gas. Inadvertent ignition of this gas can cause severe ocular burn injury with unilateral or bilate...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news