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2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture

WHITE PIGMENTED LIQUID, AROMATIC SOLVENT ODOR IMPORTANT HAZARDS: FLAMMABLE LIQUID- CATEGORY 2 SKIN CORROSION/IRRITATION- CATEGORY 2 SERIOUS EYE DAMAGE/EYE IRRATATION- CATEGORY 2A CARCINOGENICITY- CATEGORY 2B SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY (SINGLE EXPOSURE) (RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION)- CATEGORY 3 SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY (SINGLE EXPOSURE) (NARCOTIC EFFECTS)- CATEGORY 3 SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY (REPEATED EXPOSURE)- CATEGORY 1 ASPIRATION HAZARD- CATEGORY 1 GHS LABEL ELEMENTS HAZARD PICTOGRAMS: EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: DANGER! FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED HARMFUL IF INHALED CAUSES RESPIRATORY TRACT, EYE AND SKIN IRRITATION CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANS: BLOOD, KIDNEYS, LIVER, GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, RESPIRATORY TRACT, SKIN, NERVOUS SYSTEM, EYE, LENSE OR CORNEA VAPOR MAY CAUSE FLASH FIRE MAY BE HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN POSSIBLE CANCER HAZARD CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH CAN CAUSE CANCER

Principle Routes of Exposure

EYE CONTACT, SKIN CONTACT, INHALATION, INGESTION HEALTH HAZARDS (ACUTE AND CHRONIC EXPOSURES) EYES: ACUTE – LIQUID, AEROSOLS OR VAPORS ARE SEVERELY IRRITATING AND CAN CAUSE PAIN, TEARING, REDDENING AND SWELLING. IF LEFT UNTREATED, CORNEAL DAMAGE CAN OCCUR AND INJURY IS SLOW TO HEAL. HOWEVER, DAMAGE IS USUALLY REVERSIBLE. CHRONIC – PROLONGED VAPOR CONTACT MAY CAUSE CONJUNCTIVITIS. SECTION 2: HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION (CON’T) SKIN CONTACT: ACUTE – REPEATED OR PROLONGED SKIN CONTACT CAN RESULT IN DRY, DEFATTED AND CRACKED SKIN CAUSING INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION. IN ADDITION IRRITATION MAY DEVELOP INTO DERMATITUS. SOLVENTS CAN PENETRATE THE SKIN AND MAY CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO THOSE IDENTIFIED UNDER ACUTE INHALATION SYMPTOMS. CHRONIC – MAY CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO THOSE IDENTIFIED UNDER CHRONIC INHALATION EFFECTS. SKIN ABSORPTION: ACUTE – ND CHRONIC – ND INHALATION: ACUTE – SOLVENT VAPORS ARE IRRITATING TO THE EYES, NOSE, AND THROAT. SYMPTOMS OF IRRITATION MAY INCLUDE RED, ITCHY EYES, DRYNESS OF THE THROATAND A FEELING OF TIGHTNESS IN THE CHEST. OTHER POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS OF OVEREXPOSURE INCLUDE: HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, NARCOSIS FATIGUE AND LOSS OF APPETITE. CHRONIC – CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC SOLVENTS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS INCLUDING PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE LOSS OF MEMORY, LOSS OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITY AND LOSS OF COORDINATION. TOLUENE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE EMBRYOFETOTOXIC AND TERATOGENIC IN LABORATORY ANIMALS. PROLONGED OR REPEATED OVEREXPOSURE TO TOLUENE CAN CAUSE IRRITATION TO THE RESPIRATORY TRACT, ENLARGED LIVER, KIDNEY EFFECTS AND CARDIAC SENSITIZATION. INGESTION: ACUTE – CAN RESULT IN IRRITATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE SORE THROAT ABDOMINAL PAIN NAUSEA, VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. VOMITING MAY CAUSE ASPIRATION OF SOLVENT RESULTING IN CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS CHRONIC – ND CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: SKIN DISORDERS AND ALLERGIES