General Information
Revision date
2001-02-08
Product name
NAPA INJECTOR CARE PLUS PART 6660
Emergency telephone
1-800-274-5263, 1-859-357-7206
Icons in SDS
Company Information
company name
THE VALVOLINE COMPANY
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
INGREDIENT(S) CAS NUMBER % (BY WEIGHT) KEROSENE 8008-20-6 86.0- 96.0 GASOLINE PERFORMANCE ADDITIVE 4.1- 14.0 ------3. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION ------ POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS: EYE: CAN CAUSE EYE IRRITATION. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS OF EYE EXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE: BLURRED VISION SKIN: MAY CAUSE MILD SKIN IRRITATION. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY DRY AND CRACK THE SKIN. SWALLOWING: SWALLOWING SMALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MATERIAL DURING NORMAL HANDLING IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE HARMFUL EFFECTS. SWALLOWING LARGE AMOUNTS MAY BE HARMFUL. 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. SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: STOMACH OR INTESTINAL UPSET (NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA), IRRITATION (NOSE, THROAT, AIRWAYS), CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION (DIZZINESS, DROWSINESS, WEAKNESS, FATIGUE, NAUSEA, HEADACHE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS), AND DEATH. TARGET ORGAN EFFECTS: NO DATA DEVELOPMENTAL INFORMATION: NO DATA CANCER INFORMATION: IN A NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP) STUDY, LIFETIME INHALATION EXPOSURE TO NAPHTHALENE RESULTED IN INCREASES IN TUMORS OF THE NOSE IN RATS. IN A PREVIOUS NTP STUDY, LIFETIME EXPOSURE TO NAPHTHALENE CAUSED LUNG TUMORS IN FEMALE MICE. MALE MICE WITH THE SAME EXPOSURE DID NOT DEVELOP TUMORS. THE RELEVANCE OF THIS FINDING TO HUMANS IS UNCERTAIN. NAPHTHALENE IS NOT LISTED AS CARCINOGENIC BY IARC (INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER), NTP, OR OSHA (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION). THIS PRODUCT (OR A COMPONENT) IS A PETROLEUM-DERIVED MATERIAL. SIMILAR MATERIALS AND CERTAIN COMPOUNDS OCCURRING NATURALLY IN PETROLEUM OILS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE SKIN CANCER IN LABORATORY ANIMALS FOLLOWING REPEATED EXPOSURE WITHOUT WASHING OR REMOVAL. OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS: NO DATA PRIMARY ROUTE(S) OF ENTRY: INHALATION, SKIN CONTACT.