Piperidine

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

CAUSES SEVERE DIGESTIVE TRACT BURNS. CAUSES SEVERE RESPIRATORY TRACT BURNS. CAUSES SEVERE EYE AND SKIN BURNS. MAY CAUSE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS. DANGER! FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN OR IF INHALED. TARGET ORGANS: EYES, NERVOUS SYSTEM, SKIN, MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

Potential health effects

EYE: CONTACT WITH LIQUID OR VAPOR CAUSES SEVERE BURNS AND POSSIBLE IRREVERSIBLE EYE DAMAGE. CONTACT MAY CAUSE ULCERATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AND CORNEA. EYE DAMAGE MAY BE DELAYED. MAY CAUSE CONJUNCTIVITIS. MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS. SKIN: HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. MAY BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. IF ABSORBED, CAUSES SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF INGESTION. PENETRATION MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. CAUSES SEVERE SKIN IRRITATION AND BURNS. INGESTION: HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE SEVERE AND PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. CAUSES GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT BURNS. CAN CAUSE NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE. MAY CAUSE TREMORS AND CONVULSIONS. INHALATION: MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT WITH SORE THROAT, COUGHING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND DELAYED LUNG EDEMA. CAUSES CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE RESPIRATORY TRACT. MAY CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED FOR INGESTION. DAMAGE MAY BE DELAYED. MAY CAUSE BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA. CHRONIC: REPEATED INHALATION MAY CAUSE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY CAUSE SKIN NECROSIS AND/OR ULCERATION OF THE SKIN. MAY CAUSE CHRONIC COUGH.