Note: Ingredients listed on restricted chemical lists
General Information
Revision date
1997-09-02
Product name
Selenious acid, 98%
CAS No.
7783-00-8
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Company Information
company name
Acros Organics N.V
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
EMERGENCY OVERVIEW Appearance: colorless solid. Poison! May be fatal if swallowed. Causes digestive and respiratory tract irritation. May cause severe skin irritation. May cause severe eye irritation and possible injury. May cause liver and kidney damage. Danger! Hygroscopic. Target Organs: Kidneys, liver.
Potential health effects
Eye: May cause severe eye irritation. May result in corneal injury. Skin: May cause severe skin irritation. Prolonged and/or repeated contact may cause irritation and/or dermatitis. Ingestion: May be fatal if swallowed. May cause severe gastrointestinal tract irritation with nausea, vomiting and possible burns. May cause liver and kidney damage. May cause a garlic odor on the breath along with pallor, nervousness, depression, digestive tract disturbances and possilbe death. Inhalation: May cause severe irritation of the respiratory tract with sore throat, coughing, shortness of breath and delayed lung edema. Chronic: Prolonged or repeated skin contact may cause dermatitis. May cause liver and kidney damage. May cause reproductive and fetal effects. Chronic exposure to selenium may cause central nervous system effects, digestive tract disturbances, pallor, garlic breath,