BIOBAT 120

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview ------------------------------------- Warning Causes severe irritation to skin, eyes, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract. Material is extremely destructive to all body tissues. May be fatal if swallowed. Harmful if inhaled. INHALATION of dust or mist vary from mild irritation to serious damage of the upper respiratory tract, depending on severity of exposure. Symptoms may include sneezing, sore throat or runny nose. Severe pneumonitis may occur. INGESTION may cause serious damage to mouth, throat, and stomach. Severe scarring of tissue and death may result. Symptoms may include bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea, fall in blood pressure. Damage may appear days after exposure. SKIN CONTACT can cause irritation or severe burns and scarring with greater exposures. EYE CONTACT Causes irritation of eyes, and with greater exposures it can cause burns that may result in permanent impairment of vision, even blindness.

Potential health effects

INHALATION: Extremely destructive to tissues of the mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract. Symptoms may include burning sensation, coughing, wheezing, laryngitis, shortness of breath, headache, nausea and vomiting. May cause pulmonary edema, a medical emergency. Pulmonary edema may be delayed up to 48 hours. INGESTION: Corrosive. Swallowing can cause severe burns of the mouth, throat, and stomach, leading to death. Can cause sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea. SKIN CONTACT: Symptoms of redness, pain, and severe burn can occur. EYE CONTACT: Can cause blurred vision, redness, pain, severe tissue burns and eye damage. CHRONIC EXPOSURE: No information found. AGGRAVATION OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: No information found.