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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

OSHA EMERGENCY OVERVI EW Flammable liquidl Eye irritanL. Inhalation may cause headache, dizziness, drowsiness, na!1sea, visual impairment, narcosis and unconsciousness. Methyl Alcohol may be absorbed through the skin in harmful amounts. Poisonous if swallowed. I

Potential health effects

[POTENTIA], HEALTH EFFECTS:]] ACUTE HAZARDS: INHALATION: May cause irritation of the nose and throat with headache, particularly frorn mists. uigh vapor concentrations rnay produce nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, tingling, numbness and shooting pains in the hands and forearms, and visual disturbances. SKIN CONTACT: prolonged contact with the skin may cause redness and defatting of the skin and absorption of harmful amounts of met.hanol. EYE COI\rrACT: Liquid, vapors or mist may cause discomfort in the eye trit.h persistent conjunct.ivitis, seen as slight excess redness or conjunctiva. Serious corneal injury is not ant.icipated. INGESTION: Contains methanol and ethylene glycol. May cause abdominal discomfort or pain, nausea, vomieing, dizziness, drowsiness, headache, malaise, blurring of vision, irritability, back pain, decrease in urine outpuc, kidney failure, and central nervous system effects, including irregular eye movements, convulsions and coma. Visual effects from methanol include blurred vision, double vision, chaages in color percepcion, restriction of visual fields and complete blindness. Cardiac failure and pulmonary edema may develop. Severe kidney damage which may be falal follows the slrallowing of large volumes of ethylene glycol . signs of renal insufficiency may be delayed 36 to 4g hours post ingestion- A few reporcs have been published describing t.he difficulty development of weakness of the facial muscles, diminishing hearing, and with swallowing, during the late stages of severe poisoning. with massive overdoses of methanol, liver, kidney and heart muscle injury have been described. There may be a delay of several hours between swallowing met.hanol and Lhe onset of signs and symptoms - Ingestion of moderate quantities of methanol also produces metabolic acidosis. 60-200 ml of methanol is a fatal dose for most adults Ingeseion of as little as 10 ml may cause blindness. CHRONIC EFPECTS; prolonged or repeated inhalation exposure may produce signs of central nervous system involvemenu, including nausea, vomit.ing, headache, ringing in the ears, dizziness, vercigo, cloudy and double vision. prolonged overex!,osure at levels of 8OO lOOO ppm may resula and in severe eye damage. prolonged or repeated skin contact may cause skin sensicization and an associated dennat.itis in some i.ndividuals. Ethylene glycol has been found to cause birth defects in laboratory animals. The significance of this finding to humans has not been determined.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

Due Io it,S defalcing propercies. methanol may aggravat.e an existing skin condition, e.g., eczema. Due to its liver and kidney injuring potential, the product may exacerbate existing liver and/or kidney diseases. CARCINOGEN: None of the coTnponents of these producLs is listed as a 2