PETROTHENE FR200000

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview The purpose of this MSDS is to transmit important product safety information. Please review this information with those who will use the product. For specific details on a particular product, please consult the technical data sheet or contact your Equistar Chemicals, LP Sales Representative or Equistar Chemicals Product Safety. Trade secret chemical identities will be revealed to treating physicians in an emergency, or to a health professional, employee or designated representative in non-emergency situations after execution of a secrecy agreement.

Signal word

CAUTION. Dust may form explosive mixtures with air. At process temperatures irritating fumes may be produced. Molten polymer may cause thermal burns. Contains a component which is considered to be a possible cancer-causing agent in humans. NFPA® HMIS® 1 Health 0 Flammability 1 0

Physical hazards

0 Physical state solid Color Off-white. Odor Faint, mild hydrocarbon odor. Odor Threshold No value available.

Principle Routes of Exposure

Eye. Inhalation. Skin. Ingestion. Acute effects The additives (if any are present) in this product are encapsulated in a thermoplastic resin with limited release under normal condition of use, transportation and storage. Hot material may cause thermal burns. At process temperatures, irritating fumes may cause soreness in the nose and throat; coughing may result. Mechanical irritation is possible.  1-Propene, Polymer with Ethene 9010-79-1 Hot material may cause thermal burns. At process temperatures, irritating fumes may cause soreness in the nose and throat; coughing may result. Mechanical irritation is possible.  Flame Retardant Specific data not available.  Pigments, Processing Agents and/or Other additives Specific data not available.  Antimony Trioxide 1309-64-4 Antimony Trioxide may be harmful on contact, if inhaled, or swallowed. Contact with skin or eyes may cause irritation and skin rash. Inhalation of antimony trioxide dust may irritate the nose, throat, and lungs. Exposure symptoms include sore throat, cough, nausea, metallic taste, and in severe cases, irregular heartbeat and fluid in the the lungs. If swallowed, antimony trioxide may cause cramps, nausea, severe vomiting, and diarrhea. Skin Molten polymer may cause thermal burns. Inhalation Irritating vapors may be produced at process temperatures. Eyes Mechanical irritation is possible. Ingestion Ingestion not a likely route of exposure.

Potential chronic health

In solid form this POLYMER is not expected to be a chronic health hazard.  1-Propene, Polymer with Ethene 9010-79-1 No known chronic health effects.  Flame Retardant No known chronic health effects.  Pigments, Processing Agents and/or Other additives Specific data not available.  Antimony Trioxide 1309-64-4 Prolonged or repeated exposures to dust may cause headache, poor appetite, dry throat, cough, sleeplessness, and damage to the liver, kidneys, heart, and lungs. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has evaluated and designated antimony trioxide as a Group 2B carcinogen, which indicates that it is possibly carcinogenic to humans.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

No known conditions are aggravated by this material.