Dimethylmercury

Hazard statements

11 33 39/27 - Hazards Identification EMERGENCY OVERVIEW Danger! Flammable liquid and vapor. Causes respiratory tract irritation. May cause allergic skin reaction. May be fatal if absorbed through the skin. May cause kidney damage. May cause central nervous system effects. Causes eye and skin irritation. May cause fetal effects. Target Organs: Kidneys, central nervous system. Potential Health Effects Eye: Causes eye irritation. Causes skin irritation. May be fatal if absorbed through the skin. May cause skin sensitization, an allergic Skin: reaction, which becomes evident upon re-exposure to this material. If absorbed, causes symptoms similar to those of inhalation. Effects may be delayed. May cause severe dermatitis and burns. Ingestion: May cause irritation of the digestive tract. May cause effects similar to those for inhalation exposure. Inhalation of fumes may cause metal fume fever, which is characterized by flu-like symptoms with metallic taste, fever, chills, cough, weakness, chest pain, muscle pain and increased white blood cell count. Systemic intoxication is cumulative and has been fatal. May produce numbness and tingling of the lips, hands, and feet (paresthesia) and ataxia (failure of muscular coordination). Exposure may produce speech disturbances, Inhalation: constriction of the visual fields, hearing impairment, and emotional disturbances. Severe intoxication may produce clonic seizures, (which may be irreversible), incontinence, spasticity, jerking of the limbs, head, and shoulders. Severe intoxication may produce emotional disturbances, hypersalivation, tearing, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation. Prolonged or repeated skin contact may cause dermatitis. Chronic inhalation and ingestion may cause effects similar to those of acute inhalation and ingestion. May cause fetal effects. Chronic exposure to mercury may cause permanent central nervous system damage, fatigue, weight loss, tremors, personality changes. Chronic Chronic: ingestion may cause accumulation of mercury in body tissues. Chronic exposure to mercury vapors may produce weakness, fatigue, anorexia, loss of weight and gastrointestinal disturbances which is collectively referred to as asthenic-vegetative syndrome or micromercurialism. Chronic exposure to mercury compounds may produce immunologic glomerular disease.