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2009-09-24
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DURING A
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DURING A
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* METHYL ETHYL KETONE
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67-64-1
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STRATHMORE PRODUCTS
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Section 2
Health hazards
SYMPTOMS MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY APPARENT. OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION. SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED. ISOLATE FROM HEAT, SPARKS, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND OPEN FLAME. AVOID BREATHING GASES, VAPORS, FUMES OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS DURING A FIRE. PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN A FIRE SHOULD WEAR FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SELF-CONTAINED RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT. WATER SPRAY MAY BE USED TO COOL UNRUPTURED CLOSED CONTAINERS TO PREVENT PRESSURE BUILDUP AND POSSIBLE AUTOIGNITION OR EXPLOSION WHEN EXPOSED TO EXTREME HEAT. IF WATER IS USED, FOG NOZZLES ARE PREFERABLE. SECTION V REPEATED OR PROLONGED OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO VAPORS FROM SOLVENT(S) CONTAINED IN THIS PRODUCT MAY AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND CAUSE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION, RESULTING IN POSSIBLE LUNG DAMAGE, AND MAY CAUSE LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE. NOTE: A CASE EFFECT SHOWED ACTIVE LIVER & KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION AT EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS OF EXPOSURE TO XYLENE AND TOLUENE. NOTE: REPORTS HAVE ASSOCIATED REPEATED AND PROLONGED OCCUPATIONAL OVEREXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS WITH PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE. INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING
Acute Health Hazards
THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE: SEE SECTION II INHALATION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE EXPOSURE: INHALATION OF VAPORS OR SPRAY MISTS CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OR ACUTE NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION CHARACTERIZED BY HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, STAGGERING GAIT, CONFUSION, UNCONSCIOUSNESS OR COMA. OVEREXPOSURE TO VAPORS OR SPRAY MISTS CAN CAUSE EYE AND SKIN IRRITATION. EYE CONTACT HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: EYE CONTACT WITH LIQUID MAY BE SEVERELY IRRITATING AND MAY CAUSE CORNEAL DAMAGE IF THE EYE IS NOT FLUSHED OUT IMMEDIATELY WITH WATER. SKIN CONTACT HEALTH RISKS AND SYMTOMS OF EXPOSURE: BRIEF CONTACT WITH SKIN MAY CAUSE SLIGHT TO MODERATE IRRITATION AND POSSIBLY DRYING OF THE SKIN. REPEATED OR PROLONGED CONTACT OF LIQUID WITH THE SKIN MAY CAUSE DERMATITIS OR ALLERGIC SKIN REACTIONS. INGESTION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. SWALLOWING MAY CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION, NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, VOMITING AND POSSIBLY NARCOSIS. ASPIRATION OF MATERIAL INTO THE LUNGS CAN CAUSE PNEUMONITIS, WHICH CAN BE FATAL. INGESTION MAY CAUSE LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE.
Contains
MAY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. CARCINOGENICITY THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS ETHYLBENZENE AND/OR NAPHTHALENE, CLASSIFIED BY IARC AS A GROUP 2B CARCINOGEN - POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS. THERE IS INADEQUATE EVIDENCE IN HUMANS BUT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS FOR THE CARCINOGENICITY OF ETHYLBENZENE AND/OR NAPHTHALENE. THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS TITANIUM DIOXIDE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING HEALTH HAZARDS IS BASED UPON THIRD-PARTY RESEARCH STUDIES. EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURE: INHALATION: INHALATION OF DUST OR MIST CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE EYES, NOSE, THROAT, AND LUNGS EYE CONTACT: LIKE ANY FOREIGN BODY, PARTICLES CAN CAUSE MECHANICAL IRRITATION. SKIN CONTACT: THIS MATERIAL CAN CAUSE IRRITATION IF NOT PROMPTLY WASHED FROM SKIN. SKIN ABSORBTION: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ABSORBED THROUGH INTACT SKIN. INGESTION: THIS MATERIAL IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADVERSE EFFECTS. ACUTE TOXICITY: TITANIUM DIOXIDE ORAL: LD50 >10,000 MG/KG (RAT) DERMAL: LD50 >10,000 MG/KG (RABBIT) INHALATION: LC50 (4HR) >6.8 MG/L (RAT) IN LIFETIME INHALATION STUDIES OF RATS, AIRBORNE RESPIRABLE-SIZE TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE AN INCREASE IN LUNG TUMORS AT CONCENTRATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANTIAL PARTICLE LUNG BURDENS AND CONSEQUENTIAL PULMONARY OVERLOAD AND INFLAMMATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS APPEARS TO BE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE PARTICLE SIZE AND THE AMOUNT OF THE EXPOSED SURFACE AREA THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE LUNG. HOWEVER, TESTS WITH OTHER LABORATORY ANIMALS, SUCH AS MICK AND HAMSTERS, INDICATE THAT RATS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE PULMONARY OVERLOAD AND INFLAMMATION THAT CAUSES LUNG CANCER. EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDIES DO NOT SUGGEST AN INCREASED RISK OF CANCER IN HUMANS FROM OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO TITANIUM DIOXIDE. TITANIUM DIOXIDE HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY IARC AS POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS (GROUP 2B) THROUGH INHALATION (NOT INGESTION). IT HAS NOT BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS A POTENTIAL CARCINOGEN BY EITHER NTP
Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure
EXPOSURE MAY AGGRAVATE PRE-EXISTING SKIN, EYE AND RESPIRATORY DISORDERS. SECTION VI - REACTIVITY DATA: STABILITY: STABLE CONDITIONS TO AVOID: EXCESSIVE HEAT, SPARKS AND OPEN FLAME. INCOMPATIBILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID) AVOID STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS, STRONG ACIDS, STRONG ALKALINE MATERIALS AND BASES. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION OR BYPRODUCTS DECOMPOSITION MAY PRODUCE SMOKE, ACRID FUMES, CARBON DIOXIDE AND/OR CARBON MONOXIDE, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, AND POSSIBLY OTHER TOXIC VAPORS. HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR. SECTION VII
Precautionary statements
FOR SAFE HANDLING AND USE STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN CASE MATERIAL IS RELEASED OR SPILLED: REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION (FLAMES, HOT SURFACES AND ELECTRICAL, STATIC OR FRICTION SPARKS). AVOID BREATHING VAPORS. WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. VENTILATE AREA. ADD INERT ABSORBENT AND REMOVE TO APPROPRIATE CONTAINER FOR DISPOSAL WITH NON-SPARKING TOOLS. KEEP OUT OF SEWERS, STORM DRAINS, SURFACE WATER AND SOIL. WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD: DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. INCINERATE IN APPROVED FACILITY. DO NOT INCINERATE CLOSED CONTAINERS. SECTION VIII - CONTROL MEASURES RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: IF PRODUCT IS APPLIED BY BRUSH, ROLLER COAT, OR DIP IN OUTDOOR OR OPEN AREAS WITH UNRESTRICTED VENTILATION, AND WHERE THE TLV'S DO NOT EXCEED THOSE SHOWN IN SECTION II, RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. IF EYE WATERING, HEADACHES OR DIZZINESS ARE EXPERIENCED WEAR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION (NIOSH TC23 RESPIRATOR OR EQUIVALENT) OR LEAVE AREA. IF PRODUCT IS APPLIED BY SPRAY APPLICATION, A NIOSH APPROVED MECHANICAL FILTER RESPIRATOR DESIGNED TO REMOVE ATRBORNE PARTICLES OF OVERSPRAY DURING APPLICATION SHOULD BE WORN. IN RESTRICTED VENTILATION AREAS, WHERE THE TLV'S CAN EXCEED THOSE SHOWN IN SECTION II, A NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR WITH CHEMICAL/MECHANICAL FILTERS DESIGNED TO REMOVE A COMBINATION OF PARTICULATE AND VAPORS SHOULD BE WORN. IN CONFINED AREAS, USE A NIOSH APPROVED AIRLINE RESPIRATOR OR HOOD. VENTILATION: SOLVENT VAPORS ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR AND TEND TO ACCUMULATE AT LOWER LEVELS ALONG THE FLOOR. VAPORS MAY SPREAD LONG DISTANCES AND MAY CAUSE A FLASH FIRE. PREVENT BUILD-UP OF VAPORS. ELIMINATE ANY SOURCE OF IGNITION DURING USE AND UNTIL VAPORS ARE GONE. PROVIDE GENERAL DILUTION OR LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION IN VOLUME AND PATTERN TO KEEP TLV OF MOST HAZARDOUS INGREDIENT IN SECTION II BELOW ACCEPTABLE LIMIT, LEL IN SECTION IV BELOW STATED LIMIT, AND TO REMOVE DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS DURING WELDING OR FLAME CUTTING ON SURFACES COATED WITH THIS PRODUCT. PROTECTIVE GLOVES: SOLVENT RESISTANT GLOVES ARE REQUIRED FOR PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT WITH LIQUID. EYE PROTECTION: IF A SPLASHING HAZARD EXISTS OR IF THERE IS POTENTIAL EYE CONTACT, WEAR SAFETY EYEWEAR SUCH AS CHEMICAL GOGGLES OR FACE SHIELDS TO PREVENT CONTACT OF LIQUID WITH EYES. EYE FLUSHING EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR EQUIPMENT: WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE OUTERWEAR TO PROTECT AGAINST CLOTHING CONTAMINATION AND PROLONGED SKIN CONTACT. WHEN NECESSARY, WEAR CHEMICAL AND/OR SOLVENT RESISTANT BOOTS TO PROTECT FEET AND SHOES FROM CONTAMINATION. REMOVE AND WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. DISCARD CONTAMINATED SHOES THAT CANNOT BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED BEFORE REUSE. WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING, SMOKING OR USING RESTROOM. SECTION IX - SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN HANDLING AND STORING: DO NOT STORE ABOVE 120 DEG F. DO NOT STORE OR USE NEAR HEAT, SPARKS, OR OPEN FLAME. KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY COVERED AND UPRIGHT TO PREVENT LEAKAGE. STORE LARGE QUANTITIES IN BUILDINGS DESIGNED AND PROTECTED FOR STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. OTHER PRECAUTIONS: DANGER - EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS AND OPEN FLAME. VAPORS MAY SPREAD LONG DISTANCES AND MAY CAUSE A FLASH FIRE. PREVENT BUILDUP OF VAPORS. ELIMINATE ANY SOURCE OF IGNITION DURING USE AND UNTIL VAPORS ARE GONE. WHEN POURING/TRANSFERRING THIS MATERIAL TO ANOTHER CONTAINER OR EQUIPMENT, GROUND ALL CONTAINERS AND EQUIPMENT AS STATIC ELECTRICITY MAY IGNITE VAPORS. VAPORS HARMFUL. MAY CAUSE IRRITATION TO EYES, NOSE, THROAT, SKIN AND RESPIRATORY TRACT. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT OF LIQUID OR BREATHING OF VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE DELAYED AND SERIOUS INJURY. USE ONLY WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS OR SPRAY MIST. AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES AND SKIN. DO NOT TAKE INTERNALLY. DO NOT SAND, FLAME CUT, BRAZE OR WELD DRY COATING WITHOUT A NIOSH APPROVED REPIRATOR OR SUFFICIENT VENTILATION. DUST FROM OVERSPRAY OR SANDING THE PAINT FILM IS POTENTIALLY IGNITABLE (EXPOSIVE) WHEN SUSPENDED IN AIR AND SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, FLAME, STATIC ELECTRICITY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF IGNITION SOURCES. NOTICE: REPORTS HAVE ASSOCIATED REPEATED AND PROLONGED OCCUPATIONAL OV EREXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS WITH PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE. INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING CONTENTS MAY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. Page: SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS *N/A MISCELLANEOUS PRECAUTIONS WARNING - EMPTY CONTAINERS MAY CONTAIN PRODUCT RESIDUE, INCLUDING FLAMMABLE OR EXPLOSIVE VAPORS. DO NOT CUT, PUNCTURE OR WELD ON OR NEAR CONTAINER. ALL LABEL WARNINGS MUST BE OBSERVED UNTIL THE CONTAINER HAS BEEN CLEANED OR RECONDITIONED. SECTION X - DISCLAIMER SARA 313 INFORMATION: *N/A FOOTNOTE: USER'S RESPONSIBILITY: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE WORKPLACE REMAINS WITH THE USER. THE USER SHOULD CONSIDER THE HEALTH HAZARDS AND SAFETY INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AS A GUIDE AND SHOULD TAKE THOSE PRECAUTIONS REQUIRED IN AN INDIVIDUAL OPERATION TO INSTRUCT EMPLOYEES AND DEVELOP WORK PRACTICE PROCEDURES FOR A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS ACCURATE. HOWEVER, STRATHMORE PRODUCTS, INC., ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. FINAL DETERMINATION OF SUITABILITY OF ANY MATERIAL IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER. SINCE THE CONDITIONS OF HANDLING AND USE ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, WE MAKE NO GUARANTEE OF RESULTS, AND ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES INCURRED BY USE OF THIS MATERIAL. ALL MATERIALS MAY PRESENT UNKNOWN HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS AND SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION. ALTHOUGH CERTAIN HAZARDS ARE DESCRIBED HEREIN, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THESE ARE THE