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NFPA Hazard Rating for sulfuric acid:
Flammability (Red) = 0
Health (Blue) = 3
Reactivity (Yellow) = 2
US State
Notifications
& Warnings
Identification
Notifications/Warning
California
California Proposition 65
"WARNING: This product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of
California to cause cancer, or birth defects or other reproductive harm."
Battery posts, terminals, and related accessories contain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm.
Batteries also contain other chemicals known to the State of California to cause
cancer.
The following chemicals identified to exist in the finished product as distributed
into commerce are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects
or to cause reproductive harm:
1. Strong inorganic acid mists including sulfuric acid; CAS #: NA; 18-24% wt
2. Lead – CAS No. 7439-92-1; 71-73% wt.
Consumer Product Volatile
Organic Compound Emissions
This product is not regulated as a consumer product for purposes of CARB/OTC
VOC Regulations, as sold for the intended purpose and into the
industrial/commercial supply chain.
Country/Organization
Identification
Notifications/Warning
Canada
All chemical substances in this product are
listed on the CEPA DSL/NDSL or are
exempt from list requirements.
This product has been classified in
accordance with the hazard criteria of the
Controlled Products Regulations and the
SDS contains all the information required
by the Controlled Products Regulations.
Refer to the Controlled Products Regulation
for product labeling requirements
NPRI and Ontario Regulation 127/01
This product contains the following
chemicals subject to the reporting
requirements of Canada NPRI and/or Ont.
Reg. 127/01:
Chemical CAS # %wt
Lead 7439-92-1 71-73
Sulfuric acid 7664-93-9 18-24
Toxic Substances List
Lead
EU
European Inventory of Existing
Commercial Chemical Substances
(EINECS):
All ingredients remaining in the finished
product as distributed into commerce are
exempt from, or included on, the European
Inventory of Existing Commercial
Chemical Substances.
XVI. OTHER INFORMATION
DATE ISSUED: September 11, 2013
OTHER INFORMATION:
Distribution into Quebec to follow Canadian Controlled Product
Regulations (CPR) 24(1) and 24(2).
Distribution into the EU to follow applicable Directives to the Use,
Import/Export of the product as-sold.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
International Agency for Research on Cancer (1987), IARC
Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans:
Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity: An updating of IARC
Monographs Volumes 1-42, Supplement 7, Lyon, France.
Ontario Ministry of Labor Regulation 654/86. Regulations
Respecting Exposure to Chemical or Biological Agents.
PREPARED BY: ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
13000 DEERFIELD PKWY., BLDG. 200
MILTON, GA 30004
VENDEE AND THIRD PERSONS ASSUME THE RISK OF INJURY PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY THE MATERIAL IF
REASONABLE SAFETY PROCEDURES ARE NOT FOLLOWED AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE DATA SHEET, AND VENDOR
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INJURY TO VENDEE OR THIRD PERSONS PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY ABNORMAL USE OF
THE MATERIAL EVEN IF REASONABLE PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED.