Tank Armor

Health hazards

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Principle Routes of Exposure

Inhalation, Skin Absorption, Skin Contact, Eye Contact Acute Exposure Effects: Note: Certain amine-sensitive (allergic) individuals may experience reactions to contact with liquid or vapors. Swallowing: ModerateToxicity. May cause central nervous system depression (e.g. headache, general weakness, dizziness, drowsiness, unconsciousness), irritation of the gastrointestinal lining, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Swallowing large amounts may be harmful. Symptoms may include blood abnormalities (Red Blood Cell Hemolysis), Kidney or liver damage and coma. Skin Absorption: Skin absorption is possible. Effects may include those described for swallowing. Prolonged or extensive contact may result in the absorption of potentially harmful amounts of material. Inhalation: Short-term exposure toxicity is moderate. Headache, nausea, vomiting dizziness and drowsiness may occur. Exposure to high vapor concentrations or prolonged exposure to lesser concentrations may be harmful. Symptoms include imitation of the respiratory tract, eyes and throat, stupor, nasal discomfort and discharge, possible chest pain and coughing. Breathing of vapors may aggravate asthma and inflammatory or fibrotic pulmonary disease. Skin Contact: Brief contact may cause mild skin irritation with itching, local redness. Prolonged contact may cause more severe imitation, with discomfort or pain and dermatitis (redness, edema, drying, defatting and cracking of the skin), and may also result in skin absorption. May aggravate an existing dermatitis. Eye Contact: Exposure to liquid or vapors may be severely irritating to the eyes. Direct contact with the liquid is imitating and may be corrosive. Symptoms for either type of exposure include discomfort, pain, excessive blinking and tear production, marked excess redness and swelling of the conjunctiva and risk of irreversible damage to the eyes. Chronic Exposure Effects: Effects of Repeated Overexposure: Acute lethal-exposure animal studies of the glycol ether have resulted in congestion of organs including kidney, spleen and lungs. Fetal harm occurs only at exposure levels harmful to the pregnant animal. Simple animal overexposure studies of the same material have reported mild, reversible effects to liver and kidney, and red blood cell hemolysis, however humans appear resistant to this effect. Health experts may disagree as to the significance of this data. Persons with preexisting diseases of the central nervous system, liver, kidney, skin, cardiovascular system, lungs or bone marrow may have increased susceptability to the toxicity of excessine exposures to the individual product ingredients. See also statement conceming styrene on Pg 5. rPPPF Chemical Ca. 21711996 Tank Armor Material Safety Data Sheet Page 3