Conventional Gasoline

Potential health effects

Eye: Contact may cause mild eye irritation including stinging, watering, and redness. Skin: Skin irritant. Contact may cause redness, itching, burning, and skin damage. Prolonged or repeated contact can worsen irritation by causing drying and cracking of the skin, leading to dermatitis (inflammation). Not acutely toxic by skin absorption, but prolonged or repeated skin contact may be harmful (see Section 11). Inhalation (Breathing): Low to moderate degree of toxicity by inhalation. Ingestion (Swallowing): Low degree of toxicity by ingestion. ASPIRATION HAZARD - This material can enter lungs during swallowing or vomiting and cause lung inflammation and damage. Signs and Symptoms: Effects of overexposure may include irritation of the respiratory tract, irritation of the digestive tract, nausea, vomiting, flushing, blurred vision, transient excitation followed by signs of nervous system depression (e.g., headache, drowsiness, dizziness, loss of coordination, disorientation and fatigue), tremors, respiratory failure, unconsciousness, convulsions, death. Cancer: This material is a possible cancer hazard (see Sections 11 and 15). Target Organs: Inadequate evidence available for this material. See Section 11 for target-organ toxicity information of individual components, if any. Developmental: No harm to the fetus was observed in laboratory animal studies. Other Comments: Reports have associated repeated and prolonged occupational overexposure to solvents with permanent brain and nervous system damage (sometimes referred to as Solvent or Painters' Syndrome). Intentional misuse by deliberately concentrating and inhaling this material may be harmful or fatal. Pre-Existing Medical Conditions: Exposure to high concentrations of this material may increase the sensitivity of the heart to certain drugs. Persons with pre-existing heart disorders may be more susceptible to this effect (see Section 4 - Note to Physicians). Conditions aggravated by exposure may include respiratory (asthma-like) disorders, skin disorders.