General Information
Revision date
2011-01-19
Product name
HARBORLITE FILTER AIDS AND FUNCTIONAL ADDITIVES
Product Synonyms
PERLITE (EXPANDED or ACTIVATED)
Chemical name
AMORPHOUS ALUMINA SILICATE
CAS No.
93763-70-3
Manufacturer Name
HARBORLITE CORPORATION
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Company Information
company name
HARBORLITE CORPORATION
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
Summary: PROLONGED AND REPEATED EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATIONS OF THIS PRODUCT'S DUST, OR ANY NUISANCE DUST, CAN CAUSE CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE. DUST CONTACT WITH EYES MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY SCRATCHINESS OR REDNESS. THIS PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A CARCINOGEN BY NTP OR IARC. Medical Conditions Which may be Aggravated: PRE-EXISTING UPPER RESPIRATORY AND LUNG DISEASE SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND ASTHMA. Target Organ(s): LUNGS, EYES
Potential Acute Health Effects
TRANSITORY UPPER RESPIRATORY OR EYE IRRITATION
Potential chronic health
PROLONGED AND REPEATED EXPOSURES TO EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATIONS OF PRODUCT DUST, IN EXCESS OF THE PEL/TLV, CAN CAUSE CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE.
Principle Routes of Exposure
INHALATION, DUST CONTACT WITH EYES Inhalation: IRRITATION AND SORENESS IN THROAT & NOSE. IN EXTREME EXPOSURES SOME CONGESTION MAY OCCUR. Eyes: TEMPORARY IRRITATION OR INFLAMMATION. Skin Contact: NA Skin Absorption: NA Ingestion: NOT HAZARDOUS WHEN INGESTED
