Repeated skin contact may result in absorption of harmful amounts. Inhalation: Brief exposure (minutes) is not likely to cause adverse effects. at 100 ppm; higher levels produce eye, nose, and throat irritation and are intolerable at 1000 ppm. Anesthetic effects are seen at or above 1000 ppm.
There are three types of Chinese in general: 1. Mandarin, written using short-form (Simplified Chinese) characters-Mainland China and Singapore 2. Mandarin, written using long-form (Traditional Chinese) characters-Taiwan 3. Cantonese, written using long-form characters-Hong Kong and overseas Chinese.
In Mainland China, Mandarin is called âputonghuaâ, meaning âcommon languageâ. The Cantonese dialect is popular in Canton (Guangdong) province of China, Hong Kong and with overseas Chinese in cities such as San Francisco and New York. The Chinese population in these areas is approximately 10 million.