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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

OSHA EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: CAUTION! Non-flammable, volatile liquid with an irritating odor. Can cause eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation. Overexposure can cause central nervous system depression. Aspiration hazard if swallowed. Can enter lungs and cause damage. Use ventilation adequate to keep exposures below legal and recommended exposure limits (see section 2). Avoid contact with eyes, skin, and clothing. Do not taste or swallow. Wash thoroughly after handling. Toxic fumes are released in fire situations. Vapors can form flammable mixtures with air in confined or poorly ventilated areas which can be ignited upon contact with a spark, flame, or other ignition source. Contain spilled liquid to prevent contamination of soil, surface water or ground water.

Potential health effects

For short term overexposure BYE: Can cause irritation. Symptoms Tay include stinging, burning, tearing, redness, and swelling. SKIN: _Can cause irritation. Symptoms _may.include_redness,..burning,—dryaing inflammation (dermatitis), and burns. Material may be absorbed through the skin from prolonged contact. INHALATION: Can cause irritation of nose, throat, airways. High concentrations may cause Central nervous system depression with symptoms of dizziness, headache, nausea, confusion. INGESTION: Can cause irritation of the mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Aspiration of material into the lungs may cause chemical pneumonitis which can be fatal. TARGET ORGAN/CHRONIC EFFECTS: For repeated overexposure Reports have associated repeated and prolonged occupational overexposure to organic solvents with various neurotoxic effects including permanent brain and nervous system damage. Symptoms include loss of memory,loss of intellectual ability and loss of coordination. Chronic skin exposure to solvents may cause similar effects. Intentional misuse by deliberately concentrating and inhaling the contents of this product may be harmful or fatal. Animals exposed to high concentrations of dimethoxymethane have shown liver, kidney, heart and lung abnormalities. Long term overexposure to i-bromopropane may cause adverse effects in the liver, kidneys, respiratory system, urinary system, blood, bone marrow, central nervous system and reproductive system. Pre-existing liver, kidney, central and peripheral nervous system disorders may be aggravated by exposure to i-bromopropane. Overexposure to tert-butanol may result in liver, kidney, blood, nervous system and fertility effects. CARCINOGENICITY: This product contains the following components in quantities greater than or equal to 0.1% by weight that are listed as proven or suspect carcinogens by IARC, NTP, or