MSDS

NOTICE - REPORTS HAVE ASSOCIATED REPEATED AND PROLONGED OCCUPATIONAL
OVEREXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS WITH PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
DAMAGE. INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING
THE CONTENTS MAY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. OTHER EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE MAY
INCLUDE TOXICITY TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
CARCINOGENICITY: CONTAINS CRYSTALLINE SILICA WHICH IS CONSIDERED A
HAZARD BY INHALATION. IARC HAS CLASSIFIED
CRYSTALLINE SILICA AS CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS
(GROUP 1). CRYSTALLINE SILICA IS ALSO A KNOWN CAUSE
OF SILICOSIS, A NONCANCEROUS LUNG DISEASE. THE
NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP) HAS CLASSIFIED
CRYSTALLINE SILICA AS A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN.
IN A LIFETIME INHALATION STUDY, EXPOSURE TO 250
MG/M3 TITANIUM DIOXIDE RESULTED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF LUNG TUMORS IN RATS. THESE TUMORS
OCCURRED ONLY AT DUST LEVELS THAT OVERWHELMED
THE ANIMALS' LUNG CLEARANCE MECHANISMS AND WERE
DIFFERENT FROM COMMON HUMAN LUNG TUMORS IN
BOTH TYPE AND LOCATION. THE RELEVANCE OF THESE
FINDINGS TO HUMANS IS UNKNOWN BUT QUESTIONABLE.
THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER
(IARC) HAS CLASSIFIED TITANIUM DIOXIDE AS POSSIBLY
CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS (GROUP 2B) BASED ON
INADEQUATE EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY IN HUMANS
AND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY IN
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS.
REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: NO REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
MUTAGENICITY: NO MUTAGENIC EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
TERATOGENICITY: NO TERATOGENIC EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
SECTION 12: ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
NO ECOLOGICAL TESTS HAVE BEEN DONE BY AKZO NOBEL ON THIS PRODUCT AS A
WHOLE.
SECTION 13: DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL: DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
SECTION 14: TRANSPORT INFORMATION
DOT: UN1133, ADHESIVES, 3, PGIII, ERG 128
IMDG: UN1133, ADHESIVES, CLASS 3, PG III, LTD QTY, (IMDG 3.4.7,2.3.2.3), ERG128
IATA: UN1133, ADHESIVES, 3, PGIII
TDG: NOT AVAILABLE