Riverdale Escalade Low Odor

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview:

Appearance/Odor

Clear, viscous amber colored solution with a slight amine odor Warning Statements Keep out of reach of children. WARNING. Causes substantial but temporary eye injury. Avoid contact with skin or clothing. Do not get in eyes. Potential Adverse Health Effects:

Principle Routes of Exposure

Skin contact and ingestion Eye Contact: This product causes substantial but temporary eye injury. Skin Contact: This product is no more than slightly toxic and no more than slightly irritating based on toxicity studies. Ingestion: This product is no more than slightly toxic based on toxicity studies. No significant adverse

Potential health effects

are expected to develop if only small amounts (less than a mouthful) are swallowed Ingestion of similar formulations has been reported to produce gastrointestinal discomfort with irritation of the mouth, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Oral ingestion of large quantities of one similar product has been reported to result in hypotension and lung edema. Inhalation: This product is no more than slightly toxic if inhaled based on toxicity studies.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

Inhalation of product may aggravate existing chronic respiratory problems such as asthma, emphysema or bronchitis. Skin contact may aggravate existing skin disease.

Potential chronic health

Repeated overexposure to phenoxy herbicides may cause effects to liver, kidneys, blood chemistry, and gross motor function. Rare cases of peripheral nerve damage have been reported, but extensive animal studies have failed to substantiate these observations, even at high doses for prolonged periods. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists exposure to chlorophenoxy herbicides as a class 2B carcinogen, the category for limited evidence for carcinogenicity in humans. However, more current 2,4-D lifetime feeding studies in rats and mice did not show carcinogenic potential. The U.S. EPA has given 2,4-D and dicamba a Class D classification (not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity). Animal tests with dicamba have not demonstrated carcinogenic, teratogenic, or other reproductive effects with the exception of slightly reduced fetal body weights and post implantation losses reported at the Maximum Tolerated Dose level. The available data on fluroxypyr indicates that it did not cause cancer or interfere with reproduction in laboratory animal studies. Fluroxypyr did not cause birth defects; however, in laboratory animals other toxic effects to the fetus have been seen.