DODECYLBENZENE SULFONIC ACID

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: DANGER! LIQUID AND MIST CASES SEVERE EYE AND SKIN BURNS. CAUSES SEVERE DIGESTIVE AND RESPIRATORY TRACT BURNS. HYDROSCOPIC. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED.

Potential health effects

EYE CONTACT: Can cause eye irritation. Symptoms include stinging, tearing, redness, and swelling of eyes. Can injure the cornea and cause blindness. INHALATION: Exposure to mists can cause severe irritation to the nose, mouth, throat and lungs. Inhalation of mists can cause burns to the respiratory tract resulting in lung edema which can result in shortness of breath, wheezing, choking, chest pain and impairment of lung function. Inhalation of high concentrations may result in permanent lung damage. INGESTION: Swallowing this material may be harmful or fatal. Can cause severe irritation and/or burns to the entire gastrointestinal tract, including the stomach and intestines, characterized by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, bleeding and/or tissue ulceration. SKIN CONTACT: Can cause permanent skin damage. Exposure may rapidly cause severe irritation and/or burns characterized by redness, swelling and scab formation. Prolonged skin exposure may cause destruction of the dermis with impairment of the skin at the site of contact to regenerate. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: Central nervous system depression (dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, fatigue, nausea, headache, unconsciousness, lung edema (fluid buildup in the lung tissue). Damage and/or Irritation to the nose, mouth, throat and lungs and / or airways. Redness or burning of skin, blurred vision.