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PRODUCT NAME: TOLUOL SYNONYMS: TOLUENE; METHYLBENZENE; METHAPHENE; PHENYLMETHANE; CAS NUMBER: 108-88-3 RECOMMENDED USE: NO DATA AVAILABLE. RESTRICTIONS ON USE: NO DATA AVAILABLE. HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. 300 N. PATRICK BLVD. BROOKFIELD, WI 53008-0948 (262) 792-1450 EMERGENCY RESPONSE NUMBERS: 24 HOUR EMERGENCY #: (414) 277-1311 CHEMTREC EMERGENCY #: (800) 424-9300
FLAME HEALTH HAZARD EXCLAMATION MARK SIGNAL WORD: DANGER GHS CLASSIFICATION: ASPIRATION HAZARD CATEGORY 1 FLAMMABLE LIQUID CATEGORY 2 SKIN CORROSION/IRRITATION CATEGORY 2 SERIOUS EYE DAMAGE/EYE IRRITATION CATEGORY 2A SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN SYSTEMIC TOXICITY (STOT) - SINGLE EXPOSURE CATEGORY 2 SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN SYSTEMIC TOXICITY (STOT) - REPEATED EXPOSURE CATEGORY 2 ACUTE TOXICITY - INHALATION VAPOUR CATEGORY 4 ACUTE TOXICITY - ORAL CATEGORY 4 HAZARD STATEMENTS: HIGHLY FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOUR. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR IF INHALED. MAY BE FATAL IF SWALLOWED AND ENTERS AIRWAYS. CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION. CAUSES SERIOUS EYE IRRITATION. MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO ORGANS (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BY INHALATION). MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO ORGANS (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEARING, VISION, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM) THROUGH PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE (BY INHALATION, ABSORPTION, OR INGESTION). PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS: PREVENTION: KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, OPEN FLAMES AND HOT SURFACES. - NO SMOKING. KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED. GROUND AND BOND CONTAINER AND RECEIVING EQUIPMENT. USE EXPLOSION-PROOF ELECTRICAL, VENTILATING, AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT. USE ONLY NON-SPARKING TOOLS. TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST STATIC DISCHARGE. DO NOT BREATHE DUST, FUME, GAS, MIST, VAPOURS OR SPRAY. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT. USE ONLY OUTDOORS OR IN A WELL-VENTILATED AREA. WEAR GLOVES, EYE AND FACE PROTECTION AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. RESPONSE: IF SWALLOWED: IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR. IF ON SKIN (OR HAIR): TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. RINSE SKIN WITH WATER. IF INHALED: REMOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR AND KEEP AT REST IN A POSITION COMFORTABLE FOR BREATHING. IF IN EYES: RINSE CAUTIOUSLY WITH WATER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES, IF PRESENT AND EASY TO DO. CONTINUE RINSING. CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL. SPECIFIC TREATMENT (SEE FIRST AID ON SDS OR ON THIS LABEL). RINSE MOUTH. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. IF SKIN IRRITATION OCCURS: GET MEDICAL ADVICE OR ATTENTION. IF EYE IRRITATION PERSISTS: GET MEDICAL ADVICE OR ATTENTION. TAKE OFF CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND WASH BEFORE REUSE. IN CASE OF FIRE: USE APPROPRIATE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA - SEE SECTION 5. STORAGE: KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED. STORE IN A WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP COOL. STORE IN A SECURE MANNER. DISPOSAL: DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS. HAZARDS NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED: VAPOR MAY CAUSE FLASH FIRE. BREATHING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS CAN CAUSE IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS WHICH MAY BE FATAL.
COMPONENT CAS NUMBER % BY WT. TOLUENE 108-88-3 >99%
EYE CONTACT: IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES WHILE HOLDING EYELIDS OPEN. TILT HEAD TO AVOID CONTAMINATING UNAFFECTED EYE. GET IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. REMOVE CONTACT LENS IF EASY TO DO. DO NOT USE EYE OINTMENT. SKIN CONTACT: FLUSH SKIN WITH PLENTY OF WATER WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES. DO NOT REUSE CLOTHING OR SHOES UNTIL CLEANED. IF IRRITATION DEVELOPS OR PERSISTS, GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF SKIN SURFACE IS DAMAGED, APPLY A CLEAN DRESSING AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. DO NOT USE OINTMENTS. IF SKIN SURFACE IS NOT DAMAGED, WASH THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER. DISCARD CONTAMINATED LEATHER ARTICLES SUCH AS SHOES AND BELT. INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, ADMINISTER OXYGEN. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION, PREFERABLY MOUTH-TO-MOUTH. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY. INGESTION: IF SWALLOWED, CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING UNLESS DIRECTED TO DO SO BY A PHYSICIAN. NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON. IF VOMITING OCCURS SPONTANEOUSLY, KEEP HEAD BELOW HIPS TO PREVENT ASPIRATION OF LIQUID INTO THE LUNGS. IF VICTIM IS DROWSY OR UNCONSCIOUS, PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH HEAD DOWN. DO NOT LEAVE VICTIM UNATTENDED. NOTE TO PHYSICIANS: INHALATION: INHALATION OVEREXPOSURE CAN PRODUCE TOXIC EFFECTS. MONITOR FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. IF COUGH OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING DEVELOPS, EVALUATE FOR UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION, BRONCHITIS, AND PNEUMONIA. ADMINISTER SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN WITH ASSISTED VENTILATION, AS REQUIRED. THIS MATERIAL (OR A COMPONENT) SENSITIZES THE HEART TO THE EFFECTS OF SYMPATHOMIMETIC AMINES. EPINEPHRINE AND OTHER SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS MAY INITIATE CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS IN INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO THIS MATERIAL. ADMINISTRATION OF SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS SHOULD BE AVOIDED. INGESTION: IF INGESTED, THIS MATERIAL PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ASPIRATION AND CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS HAZARD. INDUCTION OF EMESIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CONSIDER ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND/OR GASTRIC LAVAGE. IF PATIENT IS OBTUNDED, PROTECT THE AIRWAY BY CUFFED ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION OR BY PLACEMENT OF THE BODY IN A TRENDELENBURG AND LEFT LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION. MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS/EFFECTS: EYE CONTACT: MAY CAUSE MILD TO SEVERE IRRITATION. LIQUID CONTACT MAY CAUSE: REDNESS. STINGING. SWELLING. TEARING. BURNING. BLURRED VISION. PROLONGED CONTACT MAY BE MORE SEVERE. SKIN CONTACT: MAY CAUSE MILD IRRITATION. CONTACT MAY CAUSE: REDNESS. BURNING. ITCHING. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY CAUSE MORE SERIOUS EFFECTS. SKIN ABSORPTION: MAY BE HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN. MAY BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN AND CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO INHALATION OR INGESTION. INHALATION: VAPORS OR MISTS MAY IRRITATE: RESPIRATORY TRACT. INHALATION OVEREXPOSURE MAY LEAD TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION PRODUCING EFFECTS SUCH AS: DIZZINESS. HEADACHE. NAUSEA. FATIGUE. DELIRIUM. DROWSINESS. LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. BREATHING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF THIS MATERIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE OR BY INTENTIONAL ABUSE, CAN CAUSE IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS WHICH CAN CAUSE DEATH. INGESTION: MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE: GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION. DIARRHEA. NAUSEA. PAIN. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION. MAY CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO INHALATION. ASPIRATION CAN RESULT IN SEVERE LUNG DAMAGE OR DEATH.
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: CARBON DIOXIDE. DRY CHEMICAL. FOAM. WATER SPRAY. WATER FOG. DO NOT USE: DIRECT WATER STREAM. WATER MAY BE INEFFECTIVE BUT SHOULD BE USED TO COOL FIRE-EXPOSED STRUCTURES AND VESSELS. FIRE FIGHTING METHODS: EVACUATE AREA OF UNPROTECTED PERSONNEL. WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING INCLUDING NIOSH-APPROVED SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. REMAIN UPWIND OF FIRE TO AVOID HAZARDOUS VAPORS AND DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS. USE WATER SPRAY TO COOL FIRE-EXPOSED CONTAINERS AND DISPERSE VAPORS. DO NOT USE DIRECT WATER STREAM. MAY SPREAD FIRE. AVOID WATER ACCUMULATION. PRODUCT MAY REIGNITE AND BURN ON THE WATER'S SURFACE. COVER POOLING LIQUID WITH FOAM. IF CONTAINER IS NOT PROPERLY COOLED, IT CAN RUPTURE IN THE HEAT OF A FIRE. FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: FLAMMABLE LIQUID. VAPORS ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR. VAPORS MAY SETTLE IN LOW OR CONFINED AREAS, OR TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES ALONG THE GROUND OR SURFACE TO AN IGNITION SOURCE WHERE THEY MAY IGNITE, FLASHBACK, OR EXPLODE. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, FLAMES OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION (E.G., STATIC ELECTRICITY, PILOT LIGHTS, MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT). PROCESS HAZARD: SUDDEN RELEASE OF HOT ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPORS OR MISTS FROM PROCESS EQUIPMENT OPERATING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, OR SUDDEN INGRESS OF AIR INTO HOT EQUIPMENT UNDER A VACUUM, MAY RESULT IN IGNITIONS WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF OBVIOUS IGNITION SOURCES. PUBLISHED "AUTOIGNITION" OR "IGNITION" TEMPERATURE VALUES CANNOT BE TREATED AS SAFE OPERATING TEMPERATURES IN CHEMICAL PROCESSES WITHOUT ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL PROCESS CONDITIONS. ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT IN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE PROCESSES SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY EVALUATED TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN SAFE OPERATING CONDITIONS. THIS MATERIAL RELEASES VAPORS AT OR BELOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: CARBON DIOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE. SMOKE. FUMES. ALDEHYDES. UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS. PRODUCTS OF INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION.
SPILL CLEAN-UP PROCEDURES: FLAMMABLE LIQUID. ELIMINATE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION. EVACUATE UNPROTECTED PERSONNEL FROM AREA. MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VENTILATION. FOLLOW PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOUND IN SECTION 8. NEVER EXCEED ANY OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT. A VAPOR SUPPRESSING FOAM MAY BE USED TO REDUCE VAPORS. SHUT OFF SOURCE OF LEAK IF SAFE TO DO SO. CONTAIN SPILL, PLACE INTO DRUMS FOR PROPER DISPOSAL. SOAK UP RESIDUE WITH NON-FLAMMABLE ABSORBENT MATERIAL. DO NOT USE SAWDUST OR OTHER CELLULOSE-TYPE MATERIAL. PLACE IN NON-LEAKING CONTAINERS FOR IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL. FLUSH REMAINING AREA WITH WATER TO REMOVE TRACE RESIDUE AND DISPOSE OF PROPERLY. AVOID DIRECT DISCHARGE TO SEWERS AND SURFACE WATERS. NOTIFY AUTHORITIES IF ENTRY OCCURS. PREVENT ENTRY INTO BASEMENTS, LOW AREAS, OR CONFINED AREAS. DO NOT TOUCH OR WALK THROUGH SPILLED MATERIAL. REMOVE SPILLAGE IMMEDIATELY FROM HARD, SMOOTH WALKING AREAS. USE NON-SPARKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. GROUND AND BOND ALL CONTAINERS AND HANDLING EQUIPMENT. WATER MIST OR SPRAY MAY BE USED TO REDUCE OR DISPERSE VAPORS; BUT, IT MAY NOT PREVENT IGNITION IN CLOSED SPACES. THIS MATERIAL WILL FLOAT ON WATER AND ITS RUN-OFF MAY CREATE AN EXPLOSION OR FIRE HAZARD.
HANDLING: AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN, AND CLOTHING. USE WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT SWALLOW. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS, MISTS, OR DUST. DO NOT EAT, DRINK, OR SMOKE IN WORK AREA. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. EMPTY CONTAINERS RETAIN PRODUCT RESIDUE (VAPOR, DUST, OR LIQUID) AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. DO NOT PRESSURIZE, CUT, WELD, BRAZE, SOLDER, DRILL, GRIND, OR EXPOSE SUCH CONTAINERS TO HEAT, FLAME, SPARKS, STATIC ELECTRICITY, OR OTHER SOURCE OF IGNITION. THEY MAY EXPLODE AND CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. LAUNDER CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. AIR-DRY CONTAMINATED CLOTHING IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA BEFORE LAUNDERING. ALWAYS OPEN CONTAINERS SLOWLY TO ALLOW ANY EXCESS PRESSURE TO VENT. A STATIC ELECTRICAL CHARGE CAN ACCUMULATE WHEN THIS MATERIAL IS FLOWING THROUGH PIPES, NOZZLES OR FILTERS AND WHEN IT IS AGITATED. DO NOT FILL ANY PORTABLE CONTAINER IN OR ON A VEHICLE. DO NOT USE COMPRESSED AIR FOR FILLING, DISCHARGING OR OTHER HANDLING OPERATIONS. ALWAYS KEEP NOZZLE IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTAINER THROUGHOUT THE LOADING PROCESS. BOND AND GROUND TRANSFER CONTAINERS AND EQUIPMENT. THIS PRODUCT CAN FORM IGNITABLE VAPOR-AIR MIXTURE INSIDE STORAGE TANKS AND CAN ACCUMULATE STATIC ELECTRICITY DURING TRANSFER AND STORAGE, EVEN WITH PROPER GROUNDING AND BONDING. ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS BEYOND STANDARD GROUNDING AND BONDING MAY BE NECESSARY TO PREVENT STATIC DISCHARGE AND FIRE/EXPLOSION HAZARDS. ADDITIONAL MEASURES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, INERTING TANK HEAD SPACE WITH NITROGEN, ADDING ANTI-STATIC AGENTS, AND REDUCING PUMP FLOW VELOCITY DURING TRANSFER TO 1 METER/SECOND OR LESS. CONSULT NFPA 77, NFPA 69 AND API RP 2003 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. OBSERVE PRECAUTIONS PERTAINING TO CONFINED SPACE ENTRY. STORAGE: FLAMMABLE LIQUID. STORE IN A COOL, WELL VENTILATED AREA AWAY FROM ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION AND OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT. STORE IN A DRY LOCATION AWAY FROM HEAT. KEEP AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED. DO NOT STORE IN UNLABELED OR MISLABELED CONTAINERS. STATIC ELECTRICITY MAY ACCUMULATE AND CREATE A FIRE HAZARD. GROUND FIXED EQUIPMENT. BOND AND GROUND TRANSFER CONTAINERS AND EQUIPMENT. AVOID CONTAMINATION OF FOOD OR FEED. PROTECT CONTAINERS AGAINST PHYSICAL DAMAGE. REFER TO LOCAL FIRE CODES FOR STORAGE REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOWABLE LIMITS. SEE SECTION 10 FOR INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS.
OSHA EXPOSURE GUIDELINES: COMPONENT LIMITS TOLUENE 200 PPM TWA; 300 PPM CEILING ACGIH EXPOSURE GUIDELINES: COMPONENT LIMITS TOLUENE 20 PPM TWA ENGINEERING CONTROLS: LOCAL EXHAUST OR OTHER ENGINEERING CONTROLS ARE NEEDED TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURES. USE EXPLOSION-PROOF VENTILATION EQUIPMENT. MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT USE IN CLOSED OR CONFINED SPACES. AVOID CREATING DUST OR MIST. KEEP LEVELS BELOW EXPOSURE LIMITS. TO DETERMINE EXPOSURE LEVELS, MONITORING SHOULD BE PERFORMED REGULARLY. EYE/FACE PROTECTION: WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS WHILE HANDLING THIS PRODUCT. WEAR ADDITIONAL EYE PROTECTION SUCH AS CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES AND/OR FACE SHIELD WHEN THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR EYE CONTACT WITH SPLASHING OR SPRAYING LIQUID, OR AIRBORNE MATERIAL. SKIN PROTECTION: PREVENT CONTACT WITH THIS PRODUCT. WEAR GLOVES AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING DEPENDING ON CONDITION OF USE. PROTECTIVE GLOVES: VITON (R). CHEMICAL-RESISTANT. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: RESPIRATORY PROTECTION MUST BE WORN IF VENTILATION DOES NOT ELIMINATE SYMPTOMS OR KEEP LEVELS BELOW RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMITS. IF EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE EXCEEDED, WEAR: NIOSH-APPROVED ORGANIC RESPIRATOR. NIOSH-APPROVED SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. DO NOT EXCEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THE RESPIRATOR MANUFACTURER. ALL RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAMS MUST COMPLY WITH OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 AND ANSI Z88.2 REQUIREMENTS AND MUST BE FOLLOWED WHENEVER WORKPLACE CONDITIONS REQUIRE A RESPIRATOR'S USE. OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYE-WASH STATION. SAFETY SHOWER. RUBBER APRON. RUBBER BOOTS. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. GENERAL HYGIENE CONDITIONS: WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER BEFORE MEAL TIMES AND AT THE END OF EACH WORK SHIFT. GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES REQUIRE GROSS AMOUNTS OF ANY CHEMICAL BE REMOVED FROM SKIN AS SOON AS PRACTICAL, ESPECIALLY BEFORE EATING OR SMOKING.
PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID. COLOR: CLEAR. COLORLESS. ODOR: SWEET, PUNGENT AROMATIC HYDROCARBON ODOR. ODOR THRESHOLD: N.D. PH: N.A. FREEZING POINT (DEG. F): APPROX. -139 MELTING POINT (DEG. F): APPROX. -139 INITIAL BOILING POINT OR BOILING RANGE: 228 - 231 DEG. F FLASH POINT: 40 DEG. F FLASH POINT METHOD: TCC. EVAPORATION RATE (NBUAC = 1): 1.9 - 2.0 FLAMMABILITY (SOLID, GAS): N.D. LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT: APPROX. 1.2 UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT: APPROX. 7 VAPOR PRESSURE (MM Hg): 24 @ 20 DEG. C VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1): APPROX. 3 SPECIFIC GRAVITY OR RELATIVE DENSITY: 0.87 SOLUBILITY IN WATER: <0.1% PARTITION COEFFICIENT (N-OCTANOL/WATER): N.D. AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: 896 DEG. F. DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE: N.D. VISCOSITY: <3 CST @ 40 DEG. C % VOLATILE (WT%): 100% VOC (WT%): 100% VOC (LBS/GAL): 7.25 FIRE POINT: N.D.
REACTIVITY: NO DATA AVAILABLE. CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION WILL NOT OCCUR UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: AVOID CONTACT WITH HEAT, SPARKS, ELECTRIC ARCS, OTHER HOT SURFACES, AND OPEN FLAMES. AVOID STATIC DISCHARGES. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: STRONG ACIDS. ALKALIS. OXIDIZING AGENTS. HALOGENS OR HALOGEN COMPOUNDS. LIQUID CHLORINE. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. OXYGEN. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CARBON DIOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE. ALDEHYDES. HYDROCARBONS.
COMPONENT ORAL LD50 DERMAL LD50 INHALATION LC50 TOLUENE RAT: 636 MG/KG RABBIT: 8390 MG/KG 1H RAT: >26,700.0 PPM 4H RAT: 12.5 MG/L ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: ABSORPTION. EYES. INGESTION. INHALATION. SKIN. EYE CONTACT: MAY CAUSE MILD TO SEVERE IRRITATION. LIQUID CONTACT MAY CAUSE: REDNESS. STINGING. SWELLING. TEARING. BURNING. BLURRED VISION. PROLONGED CONTACT MAY BE MORE SEVERE. SKIN CONTACT: MAY CAUSE MILD IRRITATION. CONTACT MAY CAUSE: REDNESS. BURNING. ITCHING. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY CAUSE MORE SERIOUS EFFECTS. SKIN ABSORPTION: MAY BE HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN. MAY BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN AND CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO INHALATION OR INGESTION. INHALATION: VAPORS OR MISTS MAY IRRITATE: RESPIRATORY TRACT. INHALATION OVEREXPOSURE MAY LEAD TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION PRODUCING EFFECTS SUCH AS: DIZZINESS. HEADACHE. NAUSEA. FATIGUE. DELIRIUM. DROWSINESS. LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. BREATHING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF THIS MATERIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE OR BY INTENTIONAL ABUSE, CAN CAUSE IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS WHICH CAN CAUSE DEATH. INGESTION: MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE: GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION. DIARRHEA. NAUSEA. PAIN. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION. MAY CAUSE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO INHALATION. ASPIRATION CAN RESULT IN SEVERE LUNG DAMAGE OR DEATH. MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE TO PRODUCT: KIDNEY DISORDERS. LIVER DISORDERS. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS. SKIN DISORDERS. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS. HEART DISORDERS. AUDITORY SYSTEM DISORDERS. OTHER: REPORTS HAVE ASSOCIATED REPEATED AND PROLONGED OCCUPATIONAL OVEREXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS WITH PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SOLVENT OR PAINTERS' SYNDROME). INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING THIS MATERIAL MAY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. CHRONIC EFFECTS OF INGESTION AND SUBSEQUENT ASPIRATION INTO THE LUNGS MAY CAUSE PNEUMATOCELE (LUNG CAVITY) FORMATION AND CHRONIC LUNG DYSFUNCTION. THIS MATERIAL (OR A COMPONENT) MAY CAUSE HARM TO THE HUMAN FETUS BASED ON TESTS WITH LABORATORY ANIMALS. PROLONGED OR REPEATED OVEREXPOSURE TO TOLUENE, A COMPONENT OF THIS PRODUCT, HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS AND IN LONG-TERM CHEMICAL ABUSE SITUATIONS. LONG-TERM OVEREXPOSURE TO TOLUENE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED COLOR VISION. LONG-TERM OVEREXPOSURES TO TOLUENE IN OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HEARING DAMAGE. CANCER INFORMATION: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN 0.1% OR MORE OF THE KNOWN OR POTENTIAL CARCINOGENS LISTED IN NTP, IARC, OR OSHA. TOLUENE: EFFECTS FROM ACUTE EXPOSURE: DELIBERATE INHALATION OF TOLUENE AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS (E.G., GLUE SNIFFING AND SOLVENT ABUSE) HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE LIVER, KIDNEY AND NERVOUS SYSTEM AND CAN CAUSE CNS DEPRESSION, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND DEATH. CASE STUDIES OF PERSONS ABUSING TOLUENE SUGGEST ISOLATED INCIDENCES OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE FETUS INCLUDING BIRTH DEFECTS. EFFECTS FROM REPEATED OR PROLONGED EXPOSURE: STUDIES OF WORKERS INDICATE LONG-TERM EXPOSURE MAY BE RELATED TO IMPAIRED COLOR VISION AND HEARING. SOME STUDIES OF WORKERS SUGGEST LONG-TERM EXPOSURE MAY BE RELATED TO NEUROBEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE CHANGES. SOME OF THESE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN LABORATORY ANIMALS FOLLOWING REPEATED EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF TOLUENE. SEVERAL STUDIES OF WORKERS SUGGEST LONG-TERM EXPOSURE MAY BE RELATED TO SMALL INCREASE IN SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS AND CHANGES IN SOME GONADOTROPIC HORMONES. HOWEVER, THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE DOES NOT INDICATE TOLUENE IS A REPRODUCTIVE HAZARD TO HUMANS. STUDIES IN LABORATORY ANIMALS INDICATE SOME CHANGES IN REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS FOLLOWING HIGH LEVELS OF EXPOSURE, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON MATING PERFORMANCE OR REPRODUCTION WERE OBSERVED. CASE STUDIES OF PERSONS ABUSING TOLUENE SUGGEST ISOLATED INCIDENCES OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE FETUS INCLUDING BIRTH DEFECTS. FINDINGS IN LABORATORY ANIMALS WERE LARGELY NEGATIVE. POSITIVE FINDINGS INCLUDE SMALL INCREASES IN MINOR SKELETAL AND VISCERAL MALFORMATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS FOLLOWING VERY HIGH LEVELS OF MATERNAL EXPOSURE. STUDIES OF WORKERS INDICATE LONG-TERM EXPOSURES MAY BE RELATED TO EFFECTS ON THE LIVER, KIDNEY AND BLOOD, BUT THESE APPEAR TO BE LIMITED TO CHANGES IN SERUM ENZYMES AND DECREASED LEUKOCYTE COUNTS. STUDIES IN LABORATORY ANIMALS INDICATE SOME EVIDENCE OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE LIVER, KIDNEY, THYROID, AND PITUITARY GLAND FOLLOWING VERY HIGH LEVELS OF EXPOSURE. THE RELEVANCE OF THESE FINDINGS TO HUMANS IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME.
ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION: TOXIC TO AQUATIC ORGANISMS, MAY CAUSE LONG-TERM ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. CHEMICAL FATE INFORMATION: RAPIDLY BIODEGRADABLE IN AEROBIC CONDITIONS. PARTITION COEFFICIENT (LOG KOW): 2.7 PHOTODEGRADATION: BASED ON SIMILAR MATERIALS, THIS PRODUCT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT TENDENCY TO PARTITION TO AIR. HYDROCARBONS FROM THIS PRODUCT WHICH DO PARTITION TO AIR ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY PHOTODEGRADE. STABILITY IN WATER: DEGRADATION OF THIS PRODUCT IN WATER OCCURS PRIMARILY BY MICROBIAL ACTION. DISTRIBUTION: PRINCIPALLY TO AIR.
HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER: U220; D001 NOTE: AN ADDITIONAL EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER MAY INCLUDE: D018. WHEN TOLUENE IS A SPENT SOLVENT, IT IS CLASSIFIED AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM A NONSPECIFIC SOURCE (F005), AS STATED IN 40 CFR 261.31. DISPOSAL METHOD: DISPOSE OF IN A PERMITTED HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. RECLAIM (RECYCLE) SOLVENT. DO NOT PRESSURIZE, CUT, WELD, SOLDER, DRILL, GRIND OR EXPOSE EMPTY CONTAINERS TO HEAT, FLAME, SPARKS OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION. DISPOSAL METHODS IDENTIFIED ARE FOR THE PRODUCT AS SOLD. FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF USED MATERIAL, AN ASSESSMENT MUST BE COMPLETED TO DETERMINE THE PROPER AND PERMISSIBLE WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE RULES, REGULATIONS AND/OR LAWS GOVERNING YOUR LOCATION.
DOT (DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION): IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: UN1294 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: TOLUENE HAZARD CLASS: 3 PACKING GROUP: II LABEL REQUIRED: FLAMMABLE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ): 1000# (TOLUENE)
TSCA INVENTORY STATUS: THIS PRODUCT OR ALL COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE LISTED ON THE EPA/TSCA INVENTORY OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES. SARA TITLE III SECTION 311/312 CATEGORY HAZARDS: IMMEDIATE (ACUTE): YES DELAYED (CHRONIC): YES FIRE HAZARD: YES PRESSURE RELEASE: NO REACTIVE: NO REGULATED COMPONENTS: COMPONENT CAS NUMBER CERCLA RQ SARA EHS SARA 313 U.S. HAP WI PROP HAP 65 TOLUENE 108-88-3 YES NO YES YES YES YES *PROP 65 - MAY CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING TRACE COMPONENTS: BENZENE: <0.1% ETHYLBENZENE: <0.1% CLEAN WATER ACT: THIS MATERIAL IS CLASSIFIED AS AN OIL UNDER SECTION 311 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) AND THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990 (OPA). DISCHARGE OR SPILLS WHICH PRODUCE A VISIBLE SHEEN ON WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES, THEIR ADJOINING SHORELINES, OR INTO CONDUITS LEADING TO SURFACE WATERS MUST BE REPORTED TO THE EPA'S NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AT (800)424-8802.
HAZARD RATING SYSTEM: HEALTH 2* FLAMMABILITY 3 REACTIVITY 0 * = CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARD NFPA RATING SYSTEM: HEALTH 2 FLAMMABILITY 3 REACTIVITY 0 SPECIAL HAZARD NONE MSDS ABBREVIATIONS: N.A. = NOT APPLICABLE N.D. = NOT DETERMINED HAP = HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT VOC = VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND C = CEILING LIMIT N.E./NOT ESTAB. = NOT ESTABLISHED MSDS PREPARED BY: JAK REASON FOR REVISION: NEW FORMAT. REVISED: 09-27-2013 REPLACES: 12-02-2011 THE DATA IN THIS MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET RELATES TO THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL DESIGNATED AND DOES NOT RELATE TO ITS USE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER MATERIAL OR PROCESS. THE DATA CONTAINED IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT. HOWEVER, SINCE CONDITIONS OF USE ARE OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION FOR WHICH HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. ASSUMES LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, INVESTIGATION, AND VERIFICATION. |