SULPHURIC ACID 50%

Principle Routes of Exposure

SKIN CONTACT ................. .................. POSSIBLE SKIN CORROSION, BURNS OR ULCERS. FOR DILUTE SOLUTIONS:. (1% SOLUTION) - POSSIBLE SLIGHT IRRITATION WITH ITCHING, REDNESS OR SWELLING. SKIN ABSORPTION.. N.AV. EYE CONTACT... POSSIBLE EYE CORROSION OR ULCERATION (BLINDNESS MAY RESULT). INHALATION .................. ....... MISTS AND VAPOURS MtY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION TO THE RESPIRATORY TRACt. INGESTION IMMEDIATE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE BURNS OF THE MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH, WITH SEVERE PAIN, BLEEDING, VOMITING, DIARRHEA AND COLLAPSE OF BLOOD PRESSURE. DAMAGE MAY APPEAR DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE. SWALLOWING MAY BE FATAL. EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURE SEVERE CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES AND SKIN. SEVERITY OF BURN IS GENERALLY DETERMINED BY THE CONCENTRATION OF THE SOLUTION AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE LIQUID OR ACID MISTS: MAY PRODUCE TISSUE DAMAGE (MUCOUS MEMBRANES - EYES, MOUTH, RESPIRATORY TRACT). MISTS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE IRRITATION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHOCKING). EFFECTS OF CHRONIC EXPOSURE.......... TARGET ORGANS FOR ACUTE AND CHRONIC OVEREXPOSURE (NIOSH 90-117): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, EYES, SKIN, TEETH POSSIBLE OVEREXPOSURE TO STRONG INORGANIC MISTS CONTAINING SULPHURIC ACID - LARYNGEAL CANCER MISTS: POSSIBLE IRRITATION OF THE NOSE AND THROAT WITH SNEEZING, SORE THROAT OR RUNNY NOSE. GROSS OVEREXPOSURE: POSSIBLE IRRITATION OF NOSE, THROAT, AND LUNGS WITH COUGH, DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PULMONARY EDEMA WITH COUGH, WHEEZING, ABNORMAL LUNGS SOUNDS, POSSIBLY PROGRESSING TO SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN; SYMPTOMS MAY BE DELAYED. REPEATED OR PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO MISTS MAY CAUSE CORROSION OF TEETH. CONTACT POSSIBLE SKIN CORROSION, BURNS OR ULCERS. POSSIBLE EYE CORROSION OR ULCERATION.

Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure

MAY AGGRAVATE AN EXISTING DERMATITIS, ASTHMA, AND INFLAMMATORY OR OVEREXPOSURE FIBROTIC PULMONARY DISEASE.