METEOR

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

WARNING Harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Causes irritation to skin, eyes and respiratory tract. Affects central nervous system. Ingestion may irritate the gastrointestinal tract.

Hazard categories

Skin and Eyes Irritant Category 2

Potential health effects

EYE: Causes irritation, redness, and pain. Can cause eye damage. SKIN: May cause irritation, redness, and pain. May be absorbed through the skin with symptoms paralleling ingestion. INGESTION: Swallowing this material may be harmful. Symptoms may include severe stomach and intestinal irritation, abdominal pain, and vomiting. Swallowing this material may cause irritation and burns 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. Large doses may cause sore throat, coughing, labored respiration, dizziness, dullness, abdominal pain, vomiting, central nervous system depression, convulsions, and death due to respiratory failure. INHALATION: Causes irritation to the respiratory tract. Symptoms may include coughing, shortness of breath. May be absorbed into the bloodstream with symptoms similar to ingestion. CHRONIC (CANCER) INFORMATION: Not listed by IARC or NTP as a carcinogen. TERATOLOGY (BIRTH DEFECT) INFORMATION: Not classified as a teratogen. 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.