Acetone

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

OSHA Emergency Overview Appearance: Liquid,Water-­‐White DANGER! EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. VAPOR MAY CAUSE FLASH FIRE. MAY AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CAUSING DIZZINESS, HEADACHE OR NAUSEA. MAY CAUSE EYE IRRITATION. Exposure Routes: Inhalation, Skin Absorbtion, Skin Contact, Eye Contact, Ingestion.

Potential health effects

Eye Contact: Can cause eye irritation. Symptoms include stinging, tearing, redness, and swelling of eyes. Skin Contact: Unlikely to cause skin irritation or injury. Ingestion: Swallowing small amounts of this material during normal handling is not likely to cause harmful effects. Swallowing large amounts may be harmful. Inhalation: Breathing of vapor or mist is possible. It is possible to breathe this material under certain conditions of handling and use (for example, during heating, spraying, or stirring). Breathing small amounts of this material during normal handling is not likely to cause harmful effects. Breathing large amounts may be harmful. Aggravated Medical Condition Preexisting disorders of the following organs (or organ systems) may be aggravated by exposure to this material , Skin, lung (for example, asthma-­‐like conditions), blood-­‐forming system. Symptoms Signs and symptoms of exposure to this material through breathing, swallowing, and/or passage of the material through the skin may include , stomach or intestinal upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), irritation (nose, throat, airways), central nervous system depression (dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, fatigue, nausea, headache, unconsciousness) and other central nervous system effects, coma. Target Organs: This material (or a component) shortens the timeof onset or worsens the liver and kidney damage induced by other chemicals., Overexposure to this material (or its components) has been suggested as a cause of the following effects in laboratory animals:, mild, reversible liver effects, mild, reversible kidney effects, blood abnormalities. Carcinogenicity: This material is not listed as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the National Toxicology Program (NTP), or the Occupational