CORGARD 156

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Potential health effects

of exposure Harmful by ingestion. Contact with eyes will cause severe irritation and may cause serious eye damage. Skin contact and inhalation may cause irritation. Ethylene glycol human poison by ingestion. Very toxic by inhalation. A skin, eye and mucous membrane irritant. Human systemic effect by ingestion and inhalation (eye lacrimation, general anesthesia, head- ache, cough, respiratory stimulation, nausea or vomiting, pulmonary, kidney and liver changes). There is evidence of experimental terato- genic and mutagenic data. Repeated or high exposure may cause kidney and brain damage. Methanol: toxic by ingestion, inhalation and skin contact. Danger of very serious irreversible effects through ingestion, inhalation and skin contact including blindness. Highly flammable. Teratogen. Isopropanol: an eye irritant. It can cause eye damage and corneal burns. Harmful by ingestion and subcutaneous routes. Human systematic effects by ingestion or inhalation: flushing, pulse rate decrease, blood pressure lowering, anesthesia, narcosis headache, dizziness, mental depression, hallucinations, distorted perceptions, dyspnea, respiratory depression, nausea or vomiting, coma.