FORMIC ACID 90%

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

OSHA EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: DANGER! CORROSIVE. FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, AND OPEN FLAME. CAUSES EYE, SKIN, AND RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. CAUSES EYE, SKIN AND DIGESTIVE TRACT BURNS. HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED. MAY DECOMPOSE TO CARBON MONOXIDE AND BUILD PRESSURE. PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID. COLOR: CLEAR. COLORLESS. ODOR: SHARP, PUNGENT ODOR.

Principle Routes of Exposure

EYES. SKIN. INHALATION. INGESTION TARGET ORGANS: EYES. SKIN. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. LIVER. KIDNEYS. EYE CONTACT: CORROSIVE-CAUSES SEVERE IRRITATION AND BURNS. MAY CAUSE: PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE. SKIN CONTACT: CORROSIVE-CAUSES SEVERE IRRITATION AND BURNS. CONTACT MAY CAUSE; REDNESS, PAIN, PERMANENT INJURY. SKIN ABSORPTION: NO DATA AVAILABLE. INHALATION: MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION. VAPORS MAY IRRITATE: NOSE, THROAT, UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT. HIGH VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS MAY CAUSE: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS, LUNG DAMAGE. INGESTION: CORROSIVE: CAUSES SEVERE IRRITATION AND BURNS. HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE SEVERE BURNS TO THE: MOUTH, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS. MAY CAUSE: IMMEDIATE PAIN, DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING, ABDOMINAL PAIN. NAUSEA, DIARRHEA. SEVERE POISONINGS MAY CAUSE; SHOCK, KIDNEY DAMAGE.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

TO PRODUCT NONE KNOWN OTHER: CHRONIC: INHALATION EXPOSURES TO HIGH VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS OF FORMIC ACID MAY PRODUCE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS LIKE VISUAL AND MENTAL DISTURBANCES. INTENTIONAL INGESTION OF HIGH DOSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO PRODUCE SALIVATION, VOMITING, BURNING SENSATION, SEVERE PAIN, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, BLINDNESS AND EVEN DEATH. PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE.

Cancer information

THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN 0.1% OR MORE OF THE KNOWN OR POTENTIAL

Environmental effects

SEE SECTION 12