PPS 90

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview Appearance: liquid, white WARNING! FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. MAY AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CAUSING DIZZINESS, HEADACHE OR NAUSEA. MAY BE HARMFUL IF INHALED OR SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE EYE, SKIN AND RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY DRY SKIN, CAUSE IRRITATION AND BURNS.

Principle Routes of Exposure

Inhalation, Skin absorption, Skin contact, Eye Contact, Ingestion Eye contact Can cause eye irritation. Symptoms include stinging, tearing, redness, and swelling of eyes. Additional symptoms of eye exposure may include: blurred vision Skin contact Can cause skin irritation. Prolonged or repeated contact may dry the skin. Symptoms may include redness, burning, and drying and cracking of skin, burns and other skin damage. Additional symptoms of skin contact may include: Blistering Passage of this material into the body through the skin is possible, but it is unlikely that this would result in harmful effects during safe handling and use. Ingestion Swallowing small amounts of this material during normal handling is notlikely to cause harmful effects. Swallowing large amounts may be harmful. This material can get into the lungs duringswallowing or vomiting. This results in lung inflammation and other lung injury. Exposure causessevere irritation of the gastrointestinal tract. Inhalation Breathing of vapor or mist is possible. Breathing small amounts of this material during normalhandling is not likely to cause harmful effects. Breathing large amounts may be harmful. Symptoms are not expected at air concentrations below the recommended exposure limits, if applicable (see Section 8.).

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

Preexisting disorders of the following organs (or organ systems) may be aggravated by exposure to this material:, skin, lung (for example, asthma-like conditions), liver, kidney, central nervous system, male reproductive system, auditory system. Individuals with preexisting heart disorders maybe moresusceptible to arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) if exposed to high concentrations of this material. Symptoms Signs and symptoms of exposure to this material through breathing, swallowing, and/or passage of the material through the skin may include:, redness of the skin, mouth and throat irritation (soreness, dry or scratchy feeling, cough), stomach or intestinal upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), irritation (nose,throat, airways), discomfort in the chest, central nervous system excitation (giddiness, liveliness, lightheaded feeling) followed by central nervous system depression (dizziness, drowsiness, weakness,fatigue, nausea, headache, unconsciousness) and other central nervous system effects, low bloodpressure, mild, temporary changes in the liver, effects on heart rate, respiratory depression (slowing of the breathing rate), shortness of breath, loss of coordination, confusion, irregular heartbeat, narcosis(dazed or sluggish feeling), lung edema (fluid buildup in the lung tissue), kidney damage, coma Target Organs Breathing isopropanol vapors has caused damage to the lining of the middle ear in experimentalanimals. The relevance of this finding to humans is uncertain., Overexposure to this material (or its components) has been suggested as a cause of the following effects in laboratory animals:, testis damage, kidney damage, liver damage, effects on hearing, Overexposure to this material (or itscomponents) has been suggested as a cause of the following effects in humans:, central nervous systemeffects Carcinogenicity Ethylbenzene has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. The relevance of thisfinding to humans is uncertain. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classifiedethylbenzene as a possible human carcinogen. Reproductive hazard This material (or a component) has been shown to cause birth defects in laboratory animalstudies. Harm to the fetus occurs only at exposure levels that harm the pregnant animal. The relevance of these findings to humans is uncertain.