G-FORCE FLOOR FINISH STRIPPER

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

DANGER Causes severe skin burns and eye damage. Harmful if inhaled. May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated contact. Harmful if swallowed, in contact with skin or if inhaled. CORROSIVE. A solvent used in this product caused liver tumors and kidney effects in test animals. The relevance of these findings to humans is unknown. Reproduct and developmental effects were present in test animals - the relevance of these findings in humans is unknown.

2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture

Skin and Eye Category 1 Corrosive Acute Toxicity Category 4 Asiration Category 1

Potential health effects

EYE: Causes severe skin burns and eye damage. SKIN: Causes severe skin burns and eye damage. INGESTION: Swallowing this material may be harmful or fatal. Symptoms may include severe stomach and intestinal irritation, abdominal pain, and vomiting blood. Swallowing this material may cause burns and destroy tissue in the mouth, throat, and digestive tract. This material can get into the lungs during swallowing or vomiting. This results in lung inflammation and other lung injuries. May be harmful if swallowed and enters airways. INHALATION: Prolonged inhalation may result in respiratory irritation. Under normal conditions, using adequate ventilation no problems are expected May be harmful if inhaled. May cause respiratory irritation. CHRONIC (CANCER) INFORMATION: Not listed by IARC or NTP as a carcinogen. Long term exposure via inhalation of concentrations of 2-butoxyethanol up to 125 ppm caused an increase of liver tumors in male mice. A slight increase in adrenal tumors was observed in female rats. The NTP has determined that 2-butoxyethanol displays some evidence of carcinogenicity in female rats. The IARC has evaluated the material as an IARC Group 3 not classified as to carcinogenicity in humans, based on limited data in animals and inadequate data in humans. Methyl Pyrrolidinone caused liver tumors and kidney effects in test animals. The relevance of these findings to humans is unknown. Reproduction and developmental effects were present in test animals - the relevance of these findings in humans is unknown. TERATOLOGY (BIRTH DEFECT) INFORMATION: Not classified as a teratogen. A raw material in this product has caused birth defects in laboratory animals when ingested in high doses by pregnant animals. REPRODUCTION INFORMATION: Monoethanolamine (MEA) caused harm to the fetus in a laboratory animal study in which high doses of the material were placed in the stomachs of the mothers through a feeding tube. In other studies, MEA was not harmful to unborn rats or rabbits when the chemical was given to the mothers by skin contact. Contact with MEA in the workplace at levels which are not harmful to the mother should have no effect on the unborn baby.