CARBOTERR 100 GR Insecticide

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Toxicity class: WHO Ib Main hazard: CARBOFURAN is a carbamate compound which inhibits cholinesterase. It is of very high toxicity. Contact with skin, inhalation of dust or granules, or swallowing may be fatal. Toxic to fish. Toxic to bees (the active but not in a granular form). Flammability: Not flammable. Biological hazards: May be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, through the intact skin, and through inhalation of dust. 4. FIRST AID MEASURES AND PRECAUTIONS Proper care should be taken during occupational use to avoid any inhalation of dust and granule particles, and to prevent accidental contamination of food products and water. Inhalation Carbamate Cholinesterase inhibitor Acute exposure: When inhaled, the first effects of cholinesterase inhibition are usually respiratory and may include nasal hyperaemia and watery discharge, chest discomfort, dyspnea and wheezing due to increased bronchial secretions and bronchoconstriction. Other systemic effects may begin within a few minutes or several hours of exposure. Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, headache, vertigo, ocular pain, ciliary muscle spasm, blurring or dimness of vision, miosis, or in some cases mydriasis, lacrimation, salivation, sweating, and confusion. Other reported central nervous system or neuromuscular effects include ataxia, slurred speech, weakness, fatigue, twitching, fasciculation, tremor, and eventually paralysis of the extremities and possibly of the respiratory muscles. In severe cases, there may also be involuntary defecation and urination, bradycardia, hypotension, pulmonary oedema, convulsions, coma, and death from respiratory failure or cardiac arrest. CARBOFURAN does not accumulate in mammalian tissue and the cholinesterase inhibition reverses rather rapidly. In non-fatal cases, the illness generally lasts less than 24 hours. Chronic exposure: Prolonged or repeated exposure may cause effects as described in acute exposure.