INSTANT COLD COMPRESS

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EXTINGUISHING MEDIA

Potential health effects

USE WATER ONLY. DO NOT USE DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE OR FOAM. EYE: FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS: EYE IRRITANT. CONTACT MAY CAUSE STINGING, WATERING, REDNESS, AND SWELLING. FOR FIRES BEYOND THE INCIPIENT STAGE, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN THE IMMEDIATE HAZARD AREA SHOULD WEAR BUNKER GEAR. SKIN: WHEN THE POTENTIAL CHEMICAL HAZARD IS UNKNOWN, IN ENCLOSED OR CONFINED SPACES, OR WHEN EXPLICITLY REQUIRED BY SKIN IRRITANT. CONTACT MAY CAUSE REDNESS, ITCHING, BURNING AND SKIN DAMAGE. DOT, A SELF- CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS SHOULD BE WORN. IN ADDITION, NO HARMFUL EFFECTS FROM SKIN ABSORPTION HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WEAR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AS CONDITIONS WARRANT (SEE SECTION - ISOLATE IMMEDIATE HAZARD AREA AND KEEP UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL INHALATION (BREATHING) : OUT. STOP LOW TO MODERATE DEGREE OF TOXICITY BY INHALATION. SPILL/RELEASE IF IT CAN BE DONE WITH MINIMAL RISK. MOVE UNDAMAGED CONTAINERS FROM IMMEDIATE HAZARD AREA IF IT CAN BE DONE WITH eo aie INGESTION (SWALLOWING) : LOW TO MODERATE DEGREE OF TOXICITY BY INGESTION. WATER SPRAY MAY BE USEFUL IN MINIMIZING OR DISPERSING VAPORS. EQUIPMENT EXPOSED TO FIRE WITH WATER, TF IT CAN EE DONE WITH MINIMAL RISK. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE IRRITATION OF THE NOSE, THROAT AND DIGESTIVE TRACT; COUGHING, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN, SECTION 6 - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES BREATHING DIFFICULTIES, AND BLOOD DISORDERS (METHEMOGLOBINEMIA) . THE DRY CHEMICAL OF THIS MATERIAL IS AN OXIDIZER. CANCER: KEEP ALL SOURCES OF NO DATA AVAILABLE. IGNITION AND HOT METAL SURFACES AWAY FROM SPILL/RELEASE. THE USE OF ‘AY UPWIND AND AWAY FROM TARGET ORGANS: NO DATA AVAILABLE. DEVELOPMENTAL: INADEQUATE DATA AVAILABLE FOR THIS MATERIAL. CAN BE DONE WITH MINIMAL RISK. WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT OTHER COMMENTS : (SEE SECTION 8) . PREVENT SPILLED MATERIAL FROM ENTERING SEWERS, STORM DRAINS, THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS NITRATE SALTS. NITRATES MAY BE REDUCED OTHER UNAUTHORIZED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND NATURAL WATERWAYS. DIKE FAR BACTERIA TO NITRITE. WHEN ABSORBED, NITRITES AHEAD OF SPILL FOR LATER RECOVERY OR DISPOSAL. SPILLED MATERIAL MAY BE BLOOD (METHEMOGLOBINEMIA) AND BLOOD VESSELS (VASOD ABSORBED INTO AN APPROPRIATE ABSORBENT MATERIAL. NOTIFY APPROPRIATE BLOOD PRESSURE). SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY MAY INCLUDE HEADACHE, FAINTING, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES. IMMEDIATE CLEANUP OF ANY SPILL IS FATIGUE, CYANOSIS, CONFUSION, IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS, AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDED RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS. PRE-EXISTING HEART DISEASE MAY BE AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE TO NITRATES. SECTION 7 - HANDLING AND STORAGE PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS: CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE HEART, BLOOD VESSEL AND SKIN HANDLING: DISORDERS . DO NOT ENTER CONFINED SPACES SUCH AS TANKS OR PITS WITHOUT FOLLOWING PROPER ENTRY PROCEDURES SUCH AS ASTM D-4276 AND 29 CFR 1910.146. THE USE OF APPROPRIATE RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IS ADVISED WHEN CONCENTRATIONS EXCEED SECTION