General Information
Revision date
2013-05-28
Product name
FINETURF 11-3-3
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Company Information
company name
Rigby Taylor Ltd
e-mail address of the competent person responsible for the Safety Data Sheet
info@rigbytaylor.com
Section 2
2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture
This fertilizer preparation is not classified as a dangerous material according to EC directive 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC 2.2 Physiochemical hazards This fertilizer is not itself hazardous. 2.3 Human Health Product of a low toxicity but prolonged skin or eye contact may cause some irritation. Ingestion: Small quantities are unlikely to cause toxic effects. Large quantities may give rise to gastro-intestinal disorders. Inhalation: Low toxicity dust but high concentration of air-borne material may cause irritation of the nose and upper respiratory tract with symptoms such as a sore throat and coughing. 1 of 6 Inhalation: (cont.) Generally regarded as a nuisance dust with no specific official Occupational Exposure Limit (OEL). Recommend a total inhalable dust standard for nuisance dust of 10mg/m3 as an 8 hour Time Weighted Average. See HSE Guideline Notes EH40/2005 and HSG 173. Molten material: Will cause burns Fire and thermal decomposition products: May emit toxic fumes of Ammonia and oxides of sulphur under intense heat.
Environmental hazards
As this fertilizer contains phosphate, heavy spillage may cause adverse environmental impact such as eutrophication in confined surface waters. See Section 12.
2.3 Other hazards
With extreme heating it may melt and further heating can cause decomposition, releasing toxic fumes of Ammonia and oxides of sulphur.
