HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 20-34%

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW DANGER! STRONG OXIDIZER. CONTACT WITH OTHER MATERIAL MAY CAUSE FIRE. CORROSIVE. CAUSES BURNS TO SKIN, EYES, AND RESPIRATORY TRACT. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR INHALED.

Potential health effects

INHALATION VAPORS ARE CORROSIVE AND IRRITATING TO THE RESPIRATORY TRACT. INHALATION OF MIST MAY BURN THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE NOSE AND THROAT. IN SEVERE CASES, EXPOSURES MAY RESULT IN PULMONARY EDEMA AND DEATH. INGESTION: CORROSIVE AND IRRITATING TO THE MOUTH, THROAT, AND ABDOMEN. LARGE DOSES MAY CAUSE SYMPTOMS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA AS WELL AS BLISTERING OR TISSUE DESTRUCTION. STOMACH DISTENTION (DUE TO RAPID LIBERATION OF OXYGEN), AND RISK OF STOMACH PERFORATION, CONVULSIONS, PULMONARY EDEMA, COMA, POSSIBLE CEREBRAL EDEMA (FLUID ON THE BRAIN), AND DEATH ARE POSSIBLE. SKIN CONTACT: CORROSIVE. SYMPTOMS OF REDNESS, PAIN, AND SEVERE BURN CAN OCCUR. EYE CONTACT: VAPORS ARE VERY CORROSIVE AND IRRITATING TO THE EYES. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PAIN, REDNESS AND BLURRED VISION. SPLASHES CAN CAUSE PERMANENT TISSUE DESTRUCTION. CHRONIC EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION FOUND AGGRAVATION OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING SKIN DISORDERS OR EYE PROBLEMS OR IMPAIRED RESPIRATORY FUNCTION MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTANCE .