Acrylic Resin 60

HMIS® ratings

Health: 2* Flammability: 2

Physical hazards

0 HMIS uses a numbering scale ranging from 0 to 4 to indicate the degree of hazard. A value of zero means that the substance possesses essentially no hazard; a rating of four indicates high hazard. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW WARNING COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID CONTAINS A MATERIAL WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT CANCER MAY CAUSE PULMONARY EDEMA INGESTION MAY CAUSE GASTRIC DISTURBANCES

Principle Routes of Exposure

Routes of entry for solids and liquids include eye and skin contact, ingestion and inhalation. Routes of entry for gases include inhalation and eye contact. Skin contact may be a route of entry for liquefied gases. Acute toxicity: Inhalation may cause CNS depression, blurred vision, dizziness and drowsiness. Inhalation causes headache and nausea. Information on: 1,2,4 trimethylbenzene Inhalation of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene may result in CNS effects including CNS depression, nausea, anxiety and headache. Aspiration of the liquid into the lungs may result in pulmonary edema and chemical pneumonitis. Asthmatic bronchitis may be aggravated by 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene exposure. Repeated dose toxicity: Information on: 1,2,4 trimethylbenzene In a subchronic toxicity study, male rats were gavaged with either 0.5 or 2.0 g/kg 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene once daily, for 5 days/week for four weeks. Mortality occured in 1 rat from the low dose group; all rats died in the high dose group during the study. ______________________________________________________________________