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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

NFPA: Health: Fire: Reactivity: Other: HMIS: Health: 3 Fire: 4 Reactivity: 0 Special Protection

Potential health effects

Target Organs: Eye: HEALTH HAZARDS (ACUTE AND CHRONIC): EYE IRRITANT. EYE IRRITATION MAY BE SEVERE. Skin

Health hazards

(ACUTE AND CHRONIC) WILL CAUSE DEFATTING OF SKIN. EFFECTS ARE REVERSIBLE. SKIN IRRITANT. SKIN ABSORPTION IS POSSIBLE. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: REDNESS. Ingestion: A PRIMARY ROUTE OF ENTRY. (ACUTE AND CHRONIC) ASPIRATION IF SWALLOWED. METHANOL MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS OR DEATH IF SWALLOWED. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: VOMITING. MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: HEART DISEASE, ALCOHOLISM, LIVER AND KIDNEY DISEASE, ANEMIA, RHYTHM DISORDERS OF THE HEART. Inhalation: A PRIMARY ROUTE OF ENTRY. HEALTH HAZARDS (ACUTE AND CHRONIC): MAY CAUSE DIZZINESS OR NARCOSIS IN HIGH VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS. LONG TERM EXPOSURE (YEARS) TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPOR MAY CAUSE LUNG, LIVER OR KIDNEY DAMAGE. THE SOLVENTS LISTED HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. MAY IRRITATE RESPIRATORY TRACT. METHYLENE CHLORIDE WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING. MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: RESPIRATORY DISORDERS, LUNG DISEASE. INHALATION OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE VAPOR OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME (YEARS) HAS CAUSED CANCER IN LABORATORY ANIMALS. WARNING: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER. Driscentancous: PAGE: 2 wee SECTION 4 -