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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

This product as a whole has not been tested. This hazard information is for the individual ingredients. ***************************************************************** * EMERGENCY OVERVIEW * WARNING! Color Colorless; Form Liquid; Odor: Odorless; * * May cause eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation; * * Inhalation, skin absorption, or ingestion may result in * * cyanosis (purplish-blue coloring of skin, fingernails, and * * lips); May be harmful if swallowed. * *****************************************************************

Potential health effects

ROUTES OF ENTRY..................: Eye and skin contact, inhalation of vapors or mists, accidental ingestion. HUMAN EFFECTS AND SYMPTOMS OF OVEREXPOSURE: ACUTE INHALATION..............: Inhalation of potassium thiocyanate or polyoxyethylated octyl phenol may be irritating to the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract with symptoms of coughing, sore throat, and runny nose. Low doses of potassium thiocyanate may cause symptoms including cyanosis (bluish color), severe headache, nausea, vomiting. Central nervous system effects may include confusion, irritability, faintness, weakness, disorientation, lethargy, drowsiness, convulsions, coma, and unconsciousness. ACUTE SKIN CONTACT............: Direct contact with potassium thiocyanate or polyoxyethylated octyl phenol may cause irritation resulting in reddening, itching, drying and stinging. ACUTE EYE CONTACT.............: Direct contact with potassium thiocyanate or polyoxyethylated octyl phenol is expected to cause eye irritation resulting in tearing, reddening, swelling and burning. ACUTE INGESTION...............: Excessive doses of thiocyanates may cause symptoms as noted under acute inhalation.

Potential chronic health

OF EXPOSURE... No applicable information was found concerning any adverse chronic health effects from overexposure to this product. CARCINOGENICITY...............: The components of this product are not listed by NTP, IARC or regulated as a carcinogen by OSHA. MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE......: Persons with preexisting eye or skin conditions or impaired pulmonary function may be more susceptible to the effects of overexposure to this product.