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l <br />Pi <br />r1 <br />L-A <br />1 <br />ePG INDUSTRIES, INC. ONE PPG PLACE PITTSBURGH, PA 15272 <br />* * TRI-ETHANE(R) 377 01/03/89 PAGE 4 <br />VOMITING AND SUBSEQUENT ASPIRATION INTO LUNGS MAY LEAD TO CHEMICAL <br />PNEUMONIA AND PULMONARY EDEMA WHICH IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL CONDITION. <br />LD50 INGESTION: (RABBIT, GUINEA PIG) 5.6 - 9.5 G/KG. <br />CHRONIC: <br />TRI-ETHANE(R) HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY STUDIED FOR CANCER POTENTIAL. <br />THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT TRI-ETHANE(R) CAUSES AN <br />INCREASED CANCER INCIDENCE IN HUMANS OR ANIMALS. THE EPA'S SCIENCE <br />ADVISORY BOARD CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST <br />CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY FOR TRI-ETHANE(R). <br />REPRODUCTIVE: <br />IN DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY STUDIES, THERE WAS NO'EVIDENCE FOR BIRTH -'C3 <br />DEFECTS IN RATS OR RABBITS AFTER INHALATION EXPOSURE TO PREGNANT 7 <br />ANIMALS. NO ADVERSE FINDING RELATIVE TO REPRODUCTION OR DEVELOPMENTAL <br />TOXICITY WERE OBSERVED FOLLOWING DAILY SIX -HOUR EXPOSURES AT OR BELOW f'A <br />3000 PPM IN RATS OR RABBITS. <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />* EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES <br />INHALATION: <br />REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION, <br />PREFERABLY MOUTH-TO-MOUTH. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. CALL A <br />PHYSICIAN. <br />EYE OR SKIN CONTACT: <br />FLUSH EYES AND SKIN WITH PLENTY OF WATER (SOAP AND WATER FOR SKIN) FOR AT <br />LEAST 15 MINUTES, WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES. IF <br />IRRITATION OCCURS, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. THOROUGHLY CLEAN CONTAMINATED <br />CLOTHING AND SHOES BEFORE REUSE OR DISCARD. ' <br />INGESTION: <br />IF CONSCIOUS, DRINK LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. TAKE <br />IMMEDIATELY TO A HOSPITAL OR PHYSICIAN. IF UNCONSCIOUS, OR IN CONVULSIONS, <br />TAKE IMMEDIATELY TO A HOSPITAL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INDUCE VOMITING OR GIVE <br />ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON. <br />NOTES TO PHYSICIAN (INCLUDING ANTIDOTES): <br />NEVER ADMINISTER ADRENALINE FOLL014ING TRI-ETHANE(R) OVEREXPOSURE. INCREASED <br />SENSITIVITY OF THE HEART TO ADRENALINE MAY BE CAUSED BY OVEREXPOSURE TO <br />TRI-ETHANE(R). <br />* * * 24-HOUR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: (304) 843-1300 * * * <br />FORM 6372 R•.. 1-65 material E";afu,--ty DA,%t^ Shu --,et <br />