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EC/CAS
14808-60-7
Name of the chemical
Silica, crystalline
Concentration
35-65 10-35
General Information
Revision date
2010-01-05
Product name
Silica Sand
CAS No.
14808-60-7
Manufacturer Name
A-1 Grit Company
Emergency telephone
1-800-266-4748
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Company Information
company name
A-1 Grit Company
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
LD50 LC50 MIXTURE: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Routes of Entry Inhalation YES SKIN NO Ingestion NO Reports of Carcinogenicity NTP YES IARC YES
Health hazards
Acute and Chronic ACUTE PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ MAY CAUSE DELAYED (CHRONIC) LUNG INJURY (SILICOSIS). ACUTE OR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SILICOSIS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN HEAVY EXPOSE RE IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS SUCH AS SANDBLASTERS. SILICOSIS IS A FORM OF DISABLING PULMONARY FIBROSIS ( EFTS OR OVEREXP) Explanation of Carcinogenicity SILICA, CRYSTALLINE- QUARTZ IARC MONO, SUPP. VOL.7, and PG 341, 1987 GROUP 2A. NTP 7TH ANNUAL REPORT ON CARCIN, 1994 (SUPDAT) Effects of Overexposure THIS CAN BE PROGRESSIVE AND MAY LEAD TO DEATH. SINGS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: UNDUE BREATHLESSNESS, WHEEZING, COUGH AND SPUTUM PRODUCTION.
Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure
PULM FUNCTION MAY BE REDUCED BY INHAL OF RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA. ALSO LUNG SCARRING PRODUCED BY SUCH INHAL MAY LEAD TO PROGRESSIVE MASSIVE FIBROSIS OF LUNG WHICH MAY AGGRAVATED OTHER PULM (SUPDAT)
