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• <br />• <br />• <br />MUTAGENICITY: NOT APPLICABLE. <br />TERATOGENICITY: NOT APPLICABLE. <br />ACUTE EFFECTS: <br />SULFURIC (ACID): <br />MAY BE FATAL IF INHALED OR INGESTED IN LARGE QUANTITY. <br />LIQUIDS OR ACID MISTS <br />MAY PRODUCE TISSUE DAMAGE <br />MUCOUS MEMBRANES (EYES, MOUTH, RESPIRATORY TRACT). EXTREMELY <br />AND SKIN CONTACT (CORROSIVE). <br />SEVERE IRRITANT FOR EYES <br />INFLAMMATION (REDNESS, WATERING, ITCHING). VERY DANGEROUS IN <br />(MISTS) AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS <br />MAY PRODUCE SEVERE IRRITATION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT (COUGHING <br />BREATH, CHOKING). <br />SECTION 4. FIRST AID MEASURES <br />Sulfuric Acid.txt <br />DANGEROUS BY EYES <br />CASE OF INHALATION <br />, SHORTNESS OF <br />EYE CONTACT: <br />REMOVE CONTACT LENSES IF PRESENT. IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES WITH PLENTY OF <br />WATER, HOLDING EYELIDS OPEN FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. <br />POSSIBILITY OF CONJUNCTIVITIS, SEVERE IRRITATION, SEVERE BURNS, PERMANENT EYE <br />DAMAGE. <br />SKIN CONTACT: <br />REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE PROTECTING YOUR <br />HANDS AND BODY. PLACE UNDER A DELUGE SHOWER FOR 15 MINUTES. FLUSH EXPOSED SKIN <br />GENTLY AND THOROUGHLY WITH RUNNING WATER (PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO FOLDS, <br />CREVICES, CREASES, GROIN). CALL A PHYSICIAN IF IRRITATION PERSISTS. MAY <br />IRRITATE SKIN, CAUSE BURNS (HIGHLY CORROSIVE) AND POSSIBILITY OF SOME SCARRING. <br />WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSING. WHILE THE PATIENT IS BEING <br />TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY, CONTINUE THE APPLICATION OF COLD, WET <br />COMPRESSES. IF MEDICAL TREATMENT MUST BE DELAYED, REPEAT THE FLUSHING WITH COLD <br />WATER OR SOAK THE AFFECTED AREA WITH COLD WATER TO HELP REMOVE THE LAST TRACES <br />OF SULFURIC ACID. CREAMS OR OINTMENTS SHOULD NOT BE APPLIED BEFORE OR DURING <br />THE WASHING PHASE OF TREATMENT. <br />INHALATION: <br />TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID SECONDARY CONTAMINATION BY RESIDUAL ACIDS. REMOVE THE <br />PERSON TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. <br />DIFFICULT BREATHING: <br />GIVE OXYGEN. GET IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE TO THE <br />UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT AND LUNG TISSUES. MAINTAIN OBSERVATION OF THE PATIENT <br />FOR DELAYED ONSET OF PULMONARY EDEMA. <br />MAY CAUSE IRRITATION TO THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT: <br />COUGHING, SORE THROAT, SHORTNESS OF BREATH. <br />INGESTION: <br />DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. CONSCIOUS AND ALERT PERSON: <br />RINSE MOUTH WITH WATER AND GIVE 1/2 TO 1 CUP OF WATER OR MILK TO DILUTE <br />MATERIAL. <br />SPONTANEOUS VOMITING: <br />KEEP HEAD BELOW HIPS TO PREVENT ASPIRATION; RINSE MOUTH AND GIVE 1/2 TO 1 CUP <br />Page 3 <br />