General Information
Version
1.4
Revision date
2010-07-06
Product name
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
Product Synonyms
industrial Chemicals, inc
CAS No.
000057-55-6
supplier name
KIC Chemicals, Inc
Emergency telephone
(800)-424-9300
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Company Information
company name
KIC Chemicals, Inc
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
Potential health effects
Target Organs: SYSTEMIC Inhalation: AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, VAPORS ARE MINIMAL DUE TO PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. MIST MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT. Eye: MAY CAUSE SLIGHT TRANSIENT (TEMPORARY) EYE IRRITATION. CORNEAL INJURY IS UNLIKELY. MIST MAY CAUSE EYE IRRITATION. Skin: PROLONGED CONTACT IS ESSENTIALLY NONIRRITATING TO SKIN. A SINGLE PROLONGED EXPOSURE 1S NOT LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE MATERIAL BEING ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN IN HARMFUL AMOUNTS. REPEATED EXPOSURES MAY CAUSE FLAKING AND SOFTENING OF SKIN. MAY BE ABSORBED IN POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AMOUNTS WHEN APPLIED IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO SEVERE BURNS (SECOND OR THIRD DEGREE) OVER LARGE AREAS OF THE BODY AS PART OF A CREAM OR OTHER TOPICAL APPLICATION. ABSORPTION UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES CAN ELEVATE SERUM OSMOLALITY AND MAY RESULTING OSMOTIC SHOCK. Ingestion: SINGLE DOSE ORAL TOXICITY IS CONSIDERED TO BE EXTREMELY LOW. NO HAZARDS ANTICIPATED FROM SWALLOWING SMALL AMOUNTS INCIDENTAL TO NORMAL HANDLING OPERATIONS. Carcinogenicity: DID NOT CAUSE CANCER IN LONG-TERM ANIMAL STUDIES.
