WELDWOOD MULTI-PURPOSE

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Ld top EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: DANGER! EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. VAPORS MAY CAUSE FLASH FIRE OR EXPLOSION. VAPORS HARMFUL IF INHALED. HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED.

Aspiration hazard

IF SWALLOWED - CAN ENTER LUNGS AND CAUSE DAMAGE.

Potential health effects

EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - EYE CONTACT: MAY CAUSE EYE IRRITATION. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - SKIN CONTACT: MAY IRRITATE SKIN. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT CAN RESULT IN DEFATTING AND DRYING OF THE SKIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN SKIN IRRITATION AND DERMATITIS (RASH) . EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE ~ INHALATION: VAPOR HARMFUL IF INHALED. VAPOR MAY IRRITATE NOSE, THROAT AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT. VAPOR INHALATION MAY AFFECT THE BRAIN OR NERVOUS SYSTEM CAUSING DIZZINESS, HEADACHE OR NAUSEA. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - INGESTION: THIS MATERIAL MAY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED. ASPIRATION OF MATERIAL INTO THE LUNGS DUE TO VOMITING CAN CAUSE CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS WHICH CAN BE FATAL. IF INGESTED, THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND DEPRESSED RESPIRATION. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - CHRONIC HAZARDS: REPORTS HAVE ASSOCIATED PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE WITH PROLONGED AND REPEATED OCCUPATIONAL OVEREXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS. HEXANE EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE NERVE DAMAGE TO THE ARMS AND LEGS WHICH MAY BE PERMANENT. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: LOSS OF MEMORY, LOSS OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITY, AND LOSS OF COORDINATION. MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE AGGRAVATED BY CONTACT: NONE KNOWN. PRIMARY ROUTE(S) OF ENTRY: SKIN CONTACT INHALATION