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# 12434 D014Ht UNION OIL CO. Product Name, UNOCAL HIGH PERFORMANCE 92 Pape 4' Product Code Na, 00901 Issue Dates 04/17/91 Statuss.FINA1 SECTION III - HEALTH HAZARDS/ROUTES OF ENTRY 37��STxON_�l�A).lOiJT$G L ASPIRATION 44ZARD - THIS MATERIAL CAN ENTER LUNGS DUPING SWALLOWING OR VOMITING AND I CAU5E LUNG •rIF! `MMATION AND DAMAGE. INGESTION OF EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES OF THIS MATERIAL MAY CAUSE IRRITA.ICU OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT AND SIGNS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION (e.g. HEADACHE, PRO.WSINESS, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF COORDINATION, AND FATIGUE). C_Q�l�$hTg: GASOLINE IS A POSSIBLE CANCER HAZARD BASED ON TESTS IN LABORATORY ANIMALS. FOLLOW-UP I STUDIES SUGGEST THAT THIS MAY BE A UNIQUE EFFECT IN MALE RATS. UNLEADED GASOLINE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN BY IARC. BENZENE, A COMPONENT OF THIS PRODUCT, IS A KNOWN CANCER (LEUKEMIA) HAZARD. RESULTS OF TESTS IN HUMANS HAVE SHOWN THAT EXPOSURE TO BENZENE CAN CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES IN THE GENETIC MATERIAL (DNA) OF A CELL. THE HUMAN HEALTH CDNSEQUENCI" OF THESE CHANGES IS NOT FULLY UNDER�TO(rn. I BENZENE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CARC.-,wOEN BY IARC, NTP AND OSHA. THERE IS, IE! INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT CASO!INE POSES ANY HAZARD RELATED TO ITSsLOW BENZENE CONTENT. PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTT_I:G HEART DISORDERS MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO E IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS (ARRHYTHMIAS) IF EXPOSED TO HIGH CONCE14TRATIO14S OF THIS:MATERIAL (SEE SECTION II - NOTE TO PPYSICIANS). GASOLINE ENGINE EXHAUST HAS DEEM IDENTIFIED AS # A POSSIBLE H'1MAN CANCER HAZARD BY IARC. THIS CLASSIFICATION IS BASED ON THE FINDING THAT SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF GASOLINE EXHAUST SOOT CAUSED SKIN CANCER IN LABORATORY ANIMALS. SECTION IV - SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION - - s IF CUCRF-NT VENTILATION PRACTICES ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO MAINTAIN AIRBORNE' COHCENTRATIOi�__ BELOW THE ESTABLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITL- (SEE SECTION I), ADDITIONAL VENTILATION OR EXHAUST SYSTEMS MAY BE REQUIRED. WHERE EXPLOSIVE MIXTURES MAY BE PRESENT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SAFE FOR SUCH LOCATIONS MUST BE USED. 99ME.AioBY364L9TTIQtN � THE USE OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IS ADVISED WHEN CONCENTRATIONS EXCEED THE ESTABLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITS (SEE SECTION I). DEPENDING OM THE AIRBORNE CONCENTRATION, USE A RESPIRATOR OR OAS MASK WITH APPROPRIATE CARTRIDGES AND CANNISTERS (NIOSH APPROVED, IF AVAILABLE) OR SUPPLIED AIR EQUIPMENT. THE USE OF GLOVES IMPERMEABLE TO THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL HANDLED IS ADVISED:TO! PRcVEwf 1 SKIN CONTACT AND POSSIBLE IRRITATION. EY�_�$4T�gL�Hi j i 1 ^APPROVED EYE PROTECTION TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST POTENTIAL EYE CONTACT, IRRITATIOfi OR r I1IJURY IS RECOMMENDED, OjFIE$-PgOT�CLVE_ggiJlp�]E�I_ a IT IS SUGGESTED THAT A SOURCE OF CLEAN WATER BE AVAILABLE IN THE WORK AREA-FCR . FLUSHING EYES ANr SKIN. IMPERVIOUS CLOTHING SHOULD BE WORN AS NEEDED:'.- SECTION V - REACTIVITY DATA # STABLF.UNDER NORMAL'CONPITIONS OF STORAGE AND HANDLING. MAY CAUSE FIRE. EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND,VAPOR:,'VAPOR i