Ashland or its subsidiaries, registered in various countries84401

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview Appearance: liquid, light yellow DANGER! COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. HARMFUL IF INHALED. CAUSES SEVERE BURNS OF THE EYES AND SKIN.

Principle Routes of Exposure

Inhalation, Skin absorption, Skin contact, Eye Contact, Ingestion Eye contact Can cause permanent eye injury. Symptoms include stinging, tearing, redness, and swelling of eyes. Can injure the cornea and cause blindness. Skin contact Can cause permanent skin damage. Symptoms may include redness, burning, and swelling of skin, burns, and other skin damage. Passage of this material into the body through the skin is possible, and skin contact may be harmful. Ingestion Swallowing this material may be harmful or fatal. Symptoms may include severe stomach and intestinal irritation (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), abdominal pain, and vomiting of blood. Swallowing this material may cause burns and destroy tissue in the mouth, throat, and digestive tract. Low blood pressure and shock may occur as a result of severe tissue injury. This material can get into the lungs during swallowing or vomiting. This results in lung inflammation and other lung injury. Inhalation Breathing of vapor or mist is possible. Breathing this material may be harmful or fatal. Symptoms may include severe irritation and burns to the nose, throat, and respiratory tract. Symptoms are not expected at air concentrations below the recommended exposure limits, if applicable (see Section 8.).

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

Preexisting disorders of the following organs (or organ systems) may be aggravated by exposure to this material:, Skin, lung (for example, asthma-like conditions), Liver, Kidney, male reproductive system, Exposure to this material may aggravate any preexisting condition sensitive to a decrease in available oxygen, such as chronic lung disease, coronary artery disease or anemias. Symptoms Signs and symptoms of exposure to this material through breathing, swallowing, and/or passage of the material through the skin may include:, stomach or intestinal upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), irritation (nose, throat, airways), cough, central nervous system depression (dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, fatigue, nausea, headache, unconsciousness), nervousness, effects on blood pressure, chest pain, halo vision (blurred vision around bright objects), Shortness of breath, loss of coordination, methemoglobinemia (blood abnormality which causes a blue coloring to the skin), lung edema (fluid buildup in the lung tissue), kidney damage, liver damage Target Organs Overexposure to this material (or its components) has been suggested as a cause of the following effects in laboratory animals:, mild, reversible bladder effects, anemia, heart damage, central nervous system damage, effects on male fertility, testis damage, kidney damage, liver damage Carcinogenicity Diethanolamine has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. The relevance of this finding to humans is uncertain. Diethanolamine is listed as a possible human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Reproductive hazard This material (or a component) has been shown to cause harm to the fetus in laboratory animal studies. Harm to the fetus occurs only at exposure levels that harm the pregnant animal. The relevance of these findings to humans is uncertain., Monoethanolamine 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. However, in others studies monoethanolamine was not harmful to unborn rats or rabbits when the chemical was given to the mothers by skin contact. Contact with monoethanolamine in the workplace at levels which are not harmful to the mother should have no effect on the unborn baby.

Further information

This material (or a component) has been both positive and negative in tests for mutagenicity. The relevance of this finding to human health is uncertain. This product contains amines which may react with nitrites or other nitrosating agents to form nitrosamines. Certain nitrosamines have been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals.