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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview Appearance: aerosol Toxic by inhalation, Skin sensitizer, Moderate skin irritant, Moderate eye irritant.

Principle Routes of Exposure

Inhalation, Skin absorption, Skin contact Eye contact Can cause eye irritation. Symptoms include stinging, tearing, redness, and swelling of eyes. Skin contact May cause mild skin irritation. Prolonged or repeated contact may dry the skin. Symptoms may include redness, burning, drying and cracking of skin, and skin burns. Although rare, skin contact with ethylene glycol may cause allergic skin reaction (delayed skin rash which may be followed by blistering, scaling and other skin effects). Passage of this material into the body through the skin is possible, and may add to toxic effects from breathing or swallowing. Ingestion Swallowing this material may be harmful. Inhalation Breathing of vapor or mist is possible. Breathing small amounts of this material during normal handling is not likely to cause harmful effects. Breathing large amounts may be harmful.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

Preexisting disorders of the following organs (or organ systems) may be aggravated by exposure to this material:, skin Symptoms stomach or intestinal upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), irritation (nose, throat, airways), central nervous system excitation (giddiness, liveliness, light-headed feeling) followed by central nervous system depression (dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, fatigue, nausea, headache, unconsciousness) and other central nervous system effects, involuntary eye movement, visual impairment (including blindness), and death Target Organs Overexposure to this material (or its components) has been suggested as a cause of the following effects in laboratory animals:, liver abnormalities, spleen damage, nervous system damage, eye damage, lung damage, brain damage, kidney damage, visual impairment, kidney damage, liver damage Carcinogenicity No data Reproductive hazard. Ethylene glycol has caused birth defects in animal studies at high oral doses. However, it did not cause harm to the pregnant animal or to the fetus when applied to the skin of the pregnant animal.

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