SECTION VI - HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT
GENERAL:
LIMITED TOXICITY DATA ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS SPECIFIC PRODUCT. THIS HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT IS
BASED ON INFORMATION FROM COMMERCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
INGESTION:
THE ACUTE ORAL LD
50
IN RAT IS ABOVE 36.6 g/Kg. RELATIVE TO OTHER MATERIALS, THIS PRODUCT IS
CLASSIFIED AS RELATIVELY HARMLESS BY INGESTION.
EYE CONTACT:
THIS MATERIAL IS NONIRRITATING IN RABBIT EYE STUDIES; NO IRRITATION IS LIKELY TO OCCUR AFTER HUMAN
EYE CONTACT.
SKIN CONTACT:
NO SKIN IRRITATION OR SENSITIZATION DEVELOPED FOLLOWING APPLICATION AMONG 50 SUBJECTS IN A
HUMAN PATCH TEST.
SKIN ABSORPTION:
THIS PRODUCT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ABSORBED THROUGH HUMAN SKIN.
INHALATION:
NO TOXIC EFFECTS ARE KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH INHALATION OF VAPORS FROM THIS MATERIAL.
OTHER EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE:
NUMBEROUS LONG-TERM FEEDING STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON A VARIETY OF ANIMAL SPECIES.
ANIMALS HAVE BEEN FED POLYSORBATES AT DIETARY LEVELS OF UP TO 25 PERCENT, FOR PERIODS OF UP TO
TWO YEARS, AND IN SOME CASES, OVER MULTIPLE GENERATIONS. AFTER REVIEWING MANY OF THESE
STUDIES, THE FAO/WHO COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES CONCLUDED THAT POLYSORBATES CAUSE NO
TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS AT A LEVEL OF FIVE PERCENT IN THE DAILY DIET OF TEST ANIMALS. THE MOST
NOTABLE EFFECT OBSERVED AT HIGHT DOSES IS DIARRHEA, AN EXPECTED, NON-SPECIFIC PHYSIOLOGICAL
EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING LARGE QUANTITIES OF A RELATIVELY SLOWLY ABSORBED MATERIAL IN THE
GUT.
FIRST AID PROCEDURS
SKIN:
WASH MATERIAL OFF THE SKIN WITH PLENTY OF SOAP AND WATER. IF REDNESS, ITCHING OR A BURNING
SENSATION DEVELOPS, GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EYES:
IMMEDIATELY FLUSH WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. IF REDNESS, ITCHING OR A BURNING
SENSATION DEVELOPS, HAVE EYES EXAMINED AND TREATED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
INGESTION:
GIVE ONE OR TWO GLASSES OF WATER TO DRINK. IF GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS DEVELOP, CONSULT
MEDICAL PERSONNEL. (NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON).
INHALATION:
REMOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR. IF COUGH OR OTHER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS DEVELOP, CONSULT MEDICAL
PERSONNEL.
SECTION VII - SPILL OR LEAK PROCEDURES
STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN CASE MATERIAL IS RELEASED OR SPILLED:
SOAK UP LIQUID WITH ABSORBENT AND SHOVEL INTO WASTE CONTAINER. WSH RESIDUE FROM SPILL AREA
WITH WATER AND FLUSH TO A SEWER SERVICED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
DISPOSAL METHOD:
DISCARDED PRODUCT IS NOT A HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER RCRA, 40 CFR 261.
CONTAINER DISPOSAL:
PUNCTURE OR OTHERWISE DESTROY EMPTY CONTAINER BEFORE DISPOSAL
SECTION VIII - SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION
TLV OR SUGGESTED CONTROL VALUE:
NO TLV ASSIGNED. MINIMIZE EXPOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICE.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION (SPECIFY TYPE):
IF NEEDED, USE MSHA-NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR FOR DUSTS, MISTS AND FUMES WHOSE TLV IS GREATER
THAN 0.05 mg/m3.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
IMPREVIOUS GLOVES AND APRON
EYE
PROTECTION:
CHEMICAL
TIGHT
GOGGLES
OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:
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