HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SG 35

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Principle Routes of Exposure

SKIN CONTACT CORROSIVE. SKIN CONTACT WITH CONCENTRATED LIQUID FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY CAUSE A TEMPORARY WHITENING OR BLEACHING OF THE SKIN. SKIN ABSORPTION EYE CONTACT PRACTICALLY NON-TOXIC IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN. CORROSIVE. DIRECT CONTACT OF LIQUID TO EYES MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION OR BURNS, IMPAIRMENT OF VISION AND ULCERATION OF THE CORNEA. INHALATION INHALATION OF CONCENTRATED VAPOURS CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF NOSE AND THROAT WITH CHEST DISCOMFORT, COUGH, DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. IN SEVERE CASES, PULMONARY EDEMA(ACCUMU LATION OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS) AND DEATH. INGESTION INGESTION CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT WITH PAIN AND DISTENTION OF THE STOMACH AND ESOPHAGUS DUE TO LIBERATION OF OXYGEN. MAY CAUSE NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA, BLEEDING OR TISSUE ULCERATION. EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC EXPOSURE SEE ABOVE. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT WITH SKIN MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION OR BURNS CHARACTERIZED BY A TINGLING SENSATION, REDNESS, SWELLING AND POSSIBLE DESTRUCTION OF THE DERMIS WITH ULCERATION.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE TO THIS OVEREXPOSURE MATERIAL INCLUDE LUNG DISEASE OR LIMITED RESPIRATORY CAPACITY.