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.. <br />I <br />1 <br />RPG INDUSTRIES, INC. ONE PPG PLACE <br />* * TRI-ETHANE(R) 377 <br />PITTSBURGH, PA 15272 <br />01/03/89 PAGE 3 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />SECTION 5 * EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE <br />THIS SECTION COVERS EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE FOR INHALATION, EYE/SKIN CONTACT, <br />INGESTION AND OTHER TYPES OF OVEREXPOSURE INFORMATION IN THE ORDER OF THE MOST <br />HAZARDOUS AND THE MOST LIKELY ROUTE OF OVEREXPOSURE. <br />IS CHEMICAL LISTED AS A CARCINOGEN OR POTENTIAL CARCINOGEN? <br />NTP - NO IARC - NO OSHA - NO <br />MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: <br />NONE KNOWN. <br />PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS: <br />OSHA: 350 PPM, 8 -HOUR TWA (TIME-WEIGIITED AVERAGE); 29 CFR 1910.1000. <br />ACGIH: 350 PPM, 8 -HOUR TWA (TIME-WEIGIITED AVERAGE); <br />450 PPM, STEL (SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE LIMIT). <br />%@544 <br />INHALATION: TRI-ETHANE(R) IS PRIMARILY A CENTRAL -NERVOUS SYSTEM - <br />DEPRESSANT. INHALATION CAN CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, <br />DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, HEADACHE, LOSS OF COORDINATION AND <br />EQUILIBRIUM, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, POSSIBLE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE <br />AND EVEN DEATH IN CONFINED OR POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. FATALITIES <br />FOLLOWING SEVERE ACUTE EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS CHLORINATED SOLVENTS HAVE <br />BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. <br />AEROSOL - PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM STUDIES IN RATS INDICATE THAT THE <br />ACUTE INHALATION TOXICITY OF "AEROSOLIZED" 1,1,1 -TRICHLOROETHANE IS <br />HIGHER THAN EXPECTED BASED ON THE REPORTED ACUTE INHALATION TOXICITY OF <br />1,1,1 -TRICHLOROETHANE VAPOR. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS TO <br />HUMAN HEALTH IN PRODUCT USE SITUATIONS IS NOT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD. <br />EYE/SKIN: LIQUID SPLASHED IN THE EYE CAN RESULT IN DISCOMFORT, PAIN AND <br />IRRITATION. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT WITH LIQUID ON THE SKIN CAN <br />CAUSE IRRITATION AND DERMATITIS. THE PROBLEM MAY BE ACCENTUATED BY <br />LIQUID BECOMING TRAPPED AGAINST THE SKIN BY CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND <br />SHOES, AND SKIN ABSORPTION CAN OCCUR. <br />INGESTION: SWALLOWING OF TRIS MATERIAL MAY RESULT IN IRRITATION OF THE <br />MOUTH AND GI TRACT WITH OTHER EFFECTS AS LISTED ABOVE FOR INHALATION. <br />i <br />* * * 24-HOUR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: (304) 843-1300 <br />FORM 6372 no,. 3-66 Malerial <br />I It <br />'Safety <br />Sheet -37— <br />