Aluminum Nitrate Nonahydrate

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

TM TM EMERGENCY OVERVIEW Appearance: colorless or white. Danger! Strong oxidizer. Contact with other material may cause a fire. Hygroscopic. May cause reproductive effects based upon animal studies. May cause severe eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation with possible burns. Target Organs: No data found.

Potential health effects

Eye: Causes eye irritation. May cause conjunctivitis. May cause permanent corneal opacification. Skin: May cause severe irritation and possible burns. TM TM 1 Ingestion: Methemoglobinemia is characterized by dizziness, drowsiness, headache, breath shortness, cyanosis with bluish skin, rapid heart rate and chocolate-brown colored blood. Ingestion of nitrate containing compounds can lead to methemoglobinemia. May cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, possibly with blood. Inhalation: May cause respiratory tract irritation. May cause methemoglobinemia, cyanosis, convulsions, tachycardia, dyspnea, and death. Methemoglobinemia is characterized by dizziness, drowsiness, headache, breath shortness, cyanosis with bluish skin, rapid heart rate and chocolate-brown blood. May cause acute pulmonary edema, asphyxia, chemical pneumonitis, and upper airway obstruction caused by edema. Chronic: May cause methemoglobinemia, which is characterized by chocolate-brown colored blood, headache, weakness, dizziness, breath shortness, cyanosis, rapid heart rate, unconsciousness and possible death. Reproductive effects have been reported in animals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------