General Information
Revision date
2008-03-15
Product name
CWT TITRETS KITS
Emergency telephone
1-800-ASHLAND (1-800-274-5263
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Company Information
company name
Ashland Distribution Co.
Section 2
Potential health effects
Eye Can cause permanent eye injury. S-ymptoms include stinging, tearing, redness, and swelling of eyes. Can injure the cornea and cause blindness. Skin Can cause permanent skin damage. Symptoms may include redness, burning, and swelling of skin, burns, and other skin damage. swallowing Swallowing this material may be harmful or fatal. Symptoms may include severe stomach and intestinal irritation (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), abdominal pain, and vomiting of blood. Swallowing this material may cause burns and destroy tissue in the mouth, throat, and digestive tract. Low blood pressure and shock may occur as a result of severe tissue injury. Inhalation It is possible to breathe this material under certain conditions of handling and use (for example, during heating, spraying, or stirring). Breathing this material may be harmful or fatal. Symptoms may include severe irritation and burns to the nose, throat, and respiratory tract. Symptoms usually occur at air concentrations higher than the recommended exposure limits (See Section 8 ) . Symptoms of Exposure Signs and symptoms of exposure to this material through breathing, swallowing, and/or passage of the material through the skin may include: stomach or intestinal upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) irritation (nose, throat, airways), cough, choking, difficult breathing, lung edema (fluid buildup in the lung tissue). Target Organ Effects Overexposure to this material (or its components) has been suggested as a cause of the following effects in humans: damage to tooth enamel, effects on lung function, respiratory tract damage (nose, throat, and airways). Developmental Information Inhalation of sulfuric acid fumes was not harmful to the fetus in laboratory animal studies even at levels that caused some harm to the pregnant animals.
Cancer information
This product contains sulfuric acid. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) have listed strong-inorganic-acid mists containing sulfuric acid as causing cancer in humans.
Other Health Effects
No data
Principle Routes of Exposure
Inhalation, Skin absorption, Skin contact, Eye contact, Ingestion. 4 .