LIQUID LOCK ABSORBING POWDER

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

Principle Routes of Exposure

POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS EYES YES – DUST MAY CAUSE BURNING, DRYING, ITCHING & OTHER DISCOMFORT, RESULTING IN REDDENING OF THE EYES SKIN YES – EXPOSURE TO DUST, SUCH AS IN MANUFACTURING, MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING SKIN CONDITIONS DUE TO DRYING EFFECT INGESTION: YES – ALTHOUGH NOT A LIKELY SOURCE OF ENTRY, TESTS HAVE SHOWN THAT POLYACRYLATE ABSORBENTS ARE NON-TOXIC IF INGESTED. HOWEVER, AS IN ANY INSTANCE OF NON-FOOD COMSUMPTION, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY ADVERSE SYMPTOMS. INHALATION: YES – EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE DUST MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND LUNG IRRITATION AND MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

EXISTING RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. SECTION 3 NOTES SODIUM POLYACRYLATE IS A WHITE, GRANULAR, ODORLESS POLYMER THAT YIELDS A GEL-LIKE MATERIAL WITH THE ADDITION OF WATER. IT IS INSOLUBLE IN WATER AND CAUSES EXTREMELY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WHEN WET. ALTHOUGH NOT REGULATED AS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, THE RESPIRABLE DUST IS A POTENTIAL RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITANT. THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS AN 8 HOUR EXPOSURE LIMIT OF 0.05mg/m3