General Information
Revision date
2014-03-12
Product name
Fumed Silica
CAS No.
112945-52-5
Manufacturer Name
Fiberglass Coatings Inc
Emergency telephone
(800) 255-3924
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Company Information
company name
Fiberglass Coatings Inc
GHS Information
Signal word
Warning
Hazard Codes
Hazard statements (CLP)
H316, H320, H333
Hazard statements
Code
Statements
H316
Causes mild skin irritation
Section 2
2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture
Health:
2.2 Label elements
Harmful Exclamation mark
Hazard statements
H320: Causes eye irritation. H316: Causes mild skin irritation. H333: May be harmful if inhaled.
Prevention
P261: Avoid breathing fumes, dust, vapors, gases, or spray. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: White; Solid/powder IMMEDIATE CONCERNS: Exposure to powder or dusts may be irritating to eyes, nose and throat.
Potential health effects
EYES: No acute toxic effects are expected. Slight irritation by mechanical effects is possible. SKIN: No acute toxic skin effects are expected. Temporary discomfort like feeling of dryness on the skin. INGESTION: Not expected in industrial use. INHALATION: No acute toxic respiratory tract effects are expected. May cause physical discomfort to the respiratory tract.
Principle Routes of Exposure
Skin, Inhalation, Eyes CANCER STATEMENT: Not classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research of Cancer (IARC), the National Toxicology Program (NTP), or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). COMMENTS: Not mutagenic in different in-vitro and in-vivo test systems. A long term exposure exceeding TLV can lead to damaging effect as a result of mechanical overloading of the respiratory tract. Chronic respiratory exposure: Changes in respiratory organs observed in animal experiments (inflammatory processes) were reversible; no indication of silicosis. Animal tests have shown no indication to carcinogenic or to reproduction effects.
