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1 tiltramar • • <br /> Refining <br /> CARCINOMAS, AND SOME OTHER TUMOR TYPES SUGGESTING THAT BENZENE IS A <br /> GENERAL CARCINOGEN. RATS GIVEN FROM 10-52 GM/KG INTERMITTENTLY FOR 1 YEAR <br /> DEVELOPED ENDOCRINE TUMORS, LEUKEMIA AND TUMORS OF THE EAR AT THE HIGHER <br /> CONCENTRATIONS. EFFECTS ON FERTILITY AND EFFECTS ON THE EMBRYO OR FETUS <br /> AND THE NEWBORN HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOLLOWING REPEATED INGESTION IN <br /> PREGNANT MICE. <br /> FIRST AID- DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. IF MORE THAN 1 MG/KG OF PETROLEUM <br /> DISTILLATES IS INGESTED, IT SHOULD BE REMOVED BY GASTRIC LAVAGE WITH <br /> ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND A CUFFED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE TO PREVENT ASPIRATION. <br /> GASTRIC LAVAGE AND INSERTION OF CUFFED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE SHOULD BE <br /> PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL. IN THE ABSENCE OF DEPRESSION OR <br /> CONVULSIONS OR IMPAIRED GAG REFLEX, IPECAC EMESIS CAN ALSO BE DONE WITHOUT <br /> INCREASING THE HAZARD OF ASPIRATION. WHEN VOMITING OCCURS, KEEP PERSONS <br /> HEAD LOWER THAN HIPS TO HELP PREVENT PULMONARY ASPIRATION. AFTER VOMITING <br /> STOPS, GIVE 30-60 ML OF FLEET'S PHOSPHO-SODA DILUTED 1:4 IN WATER. GET <br /> MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY. TREATMENT SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED <br /> MEDICAL PERSONNEL (DREISBACH, HANDBOOK OF POISONING, 11TH EDITION). <br /> ANTIDOTE: <br /> NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY AND SUPPORTIVELY. <br /> ----------c-------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> REACTIVITY SECTION <br /> REACTIVITY: <br /> STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. <br /> INCOMPATIBILITIES: <br /> GASOLINE, AUTOMOTIVE, UNLEADED: <br /> FLUORINE: MAY EXPLODE VIOLENTLY ON CONTACT. <br /> MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE: MAY EXPLODE WHEN HEATED TO 220 C. <br /> CHLORINE OR OXIDIZING MATERIALS: MAY REACT VIGOROUSLY. <br /> DECOMPOSITION: <br /> THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY INCLUDE TOXIC OXIDES OF CARBON. <br /> POLYMERIZATION: <br /> HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO OCCUR UNDER NORMAL <br /> TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. <br /> -------------------______--------------------------------------------__________ <br /> CONDITIONS TO AVOID <br /> MAY BE IGNITED BY HEAT, SPARKS OR FLAMES. VAPORS MAY TRAVEL TO A SOURCE OF <br /> IGNITION AND FLASH BACK. CONTAINER MAY EXPLODE IN HEAT OF FIRE. VAPOR <br /> EXPLOSION HAZARD INDOORS, OUTDOORS OR IN SEWERS. RUNOFF TO SEWER MAY CREATE <br /> FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARD. <br /> SPILLS AND LEAKS <br /> OCCUPATIONAL-SPILL: <br /> SHUT OFF IGNITION SOURCES. STOP LEAK IF YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT RISK. USE WATER <br /> SPRAY TO REDUCE VAPORS. FOR SMALL SPILLS, TAKE UP WITH SAND OR OTHER ABSORBENT <br /> MATERIAL AND PLACE INTO CONTAINERS FOR LATER DISPOSAL. FOR LARGER SPILLS, DIKE <br /> FAR AHEAD OF SPILL FOR LATER DISPOSAL. NO SMOKING, FLAMES OR FLARES IN HAZARD <br /> AREA. KEEP UNNECESSARY PEOPLE AWAY; ISOLATE HAZARD AREA AND RESTRICT ENTRY. , <br /> PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SECTION <br /> VENTILATION: <br /> PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST OR PROCESS ENCLOSURE VENTILATION TO MEET PUBLISHED <br /> EXPOSURE LIMITS. <br /> RESPIRATOR: <br /> THE FOLLOWING RESPIRATORS AND MAXIMUM USE CONCENTRATIONS ARE RECOMMENDATIONS <br />