20 Mule Team Borax N atural Laundry Booster

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW CAUTION: This product is white, odorless, crystalline powder. Direct contact with eyes may cause severe irritation with redness, pain, blurred vision, and possibly corneal injury. Repeated or prolonged excessive exposure with skin can result in irritation. Keep out of reach of children. It may be dangerous to aquatic life in high concentrations. Not a fire hazard. Product is stable. This product is labeled in accordance with regulations administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The use pattern and exposure in the workplace are generally not consistent with those experienced by consumers. The requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration applicable to this Material Safety Data Sheet differ from the requirements of the CPSC and as a result, this MSDS may contain additional health hazard information not pertinent to consumer use and not found on the product label. REGULATORY STATUS While this product is not considered to be hazardous under OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1900.1200), this MSDS includes valuable information that is critical for safe handling and proper use of this product. This MSDS should be retained and available for employees and other users of this product.

Potential health effects

NOTE: The acute health effects described below are those which could potentially occur for the finished product. They are based on the toxicology information available for the finished product and/or each hazardous ingredient, and are consistent with the product type and the likelihood of a specific route of exposure. Known chronic health effects related to exposure to a specific ingredient are indicated. EYE CONTACT: Direct contact with dusts may cause severe irritation with redness, pain, blurred vision, and possibly corneal injury. SKIN CONTACT: Non-irritating to intact skin. Absorption through large areas of damaged skin may produce symptoms similar to those following ingestion. INGESTION: May cause gastrointestinal disturbances such as headache nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, with delayed effects of skin redness and peeling. INHALATION: Dust may cause mucous membrane irritation with coughing, dryness and sore throat.

Potential chronic health

No chronic health effects are expected from the intended use of these products or from foreseeable handling of them in the workplace. Nonetheless, the following effects have been reported for a component, sodium borate, and boric acid. Sodium borate upon entry into the body becomes boric acid. Sodium Borate: Sodium borate and boric acid interfere with sperm production, damage the testes and interfere with male fertility when given to animals by mouth at high doses. Boric acid produces developmental effects, including reduced body weight, malformations and death, in the offspring of pregnant animals given boric acid by mouth. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ BORAX MSDS Q-119 (Rev. 9) March 29, 2012 The above mentioned animal studies were conducted under exposure conditions leading to doses many times in excess of those that could occur through product use or inhalation of dust in occupational settings. Moreover, a human study of occupational exposure to sodium borate and boric acid dusts showed no adverse effect on fertility. MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS BEING AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: Pre-existing skin conditions and respiratory illnesses (e.g., asthma).

Environmental effects

See Section 12: Ecological Information.