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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

**********************************EMERGENCY OVERVIEW*********************************** Clear, pale yellow liquid. WARNING! May cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation. Ingestion is hazardous to health. May cause severe allergic reaction in some asthmatics and sulfite sensitive individuals. Product is corrosive to mild steel and aluminum. ****************************************************************************************************

Principle Routes of Exposure

Eye contact, skin contact, ingestion, and inhalation

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

Some individuals are said to be dangerously sensitive to minute amounts of sulfites in foods. Symptoms may include bronchoconstriction, shock, gastrointestinal disturbances, swelling, flushing, and tingling sensations.

Potential health effects

EYE CONTACT: Contact may cause eye irritation, redness, and pain. If left untreated, eye burns may occur. Vapors from this product are irritating to the eyes. SKIN CONTACT: Contact may cause skin irritation with reddening, swelling, rash, scaling, or blistering. INGESTION: Ingestion may cause gastric irritation due to the liberation of sulfurous acid. Very large doses may cause violent colic and diarrhea, bone marrow effects, circulatory disturbances, and central nervous system depression. Ingestion may cause severe allergic reactions in some asthmatics and sulfite sensitive people. The allergic reaction may be characterized by nausea, diarrhea, itching, swelling, hives, acute asthma attack (possibly life-threatening), loss of consciousness or anaphylactic shock. INHALATION: Vapors of this product may cause respiratory tract irritation. Sulfite- sensitive individuals, upon inhalation of this product, may experience an allergic reaction similar to that described under INGESTION. The product may also give off sulfur dioxide gas upon heating or during reaction. SUBCHRONIC, CHRONIC: No adverse health effects are expected to result from subchronic or chronic exposure to the product in the industrial workplace. CARCINOGENICITY: NTP: No ingredients listed in this section IARC: No ingredients listed in this section