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• <br />• <br />• <br />CHRONIC EFFECTS: <br />Sulfuric Acid.txt <br />SULFURIC ACID: <br />OVEREXPOSURE TO STRONG INORGANIC MISTS CONTAINING SULFURIC ACID <br />POSSIBILITY OF LARYNGEAL CANCER (HSBD, IARC). TARGET ORGANS FOR ACUTE AND <br />CHRONIC OVEREXPOSURE (NIOSH 90 -117) <br />RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, EYES, SKIN, TEETH. <br />MISTS: <br />POSSIBILITY OF IRRITATION OF THE NOSE AND THROAT WITH SNEEZING, SORE THROAT OR <br />RUNNY NOSE, HEADACHE, NAUSEA AND WEAKNESS. GROSS OVEREXPOSURE <br />POSSIBILITY OF IRRITATION OF NOSE, THROAT, LUNGS WITH COUGH, DIFFICULTY <br />BREATHING OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PULMONARY EDEMA WITH COUGH, WHEEZING, <br />ABNORMAL LUNG SOUNDS, POSSIBLY PROGRESSING TO SEVERE SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND <br />BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN. SYMPTOMS MAY BE DELAYED. REPEATED OR <br />PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO MISTS MAY CAUSE <br />CORROSION OF TEETH. <br />CONTACT (SKIN): <br />POSSIBILITY OF CORROSION, BURNS OR ULCERS. CONTACT WITH A 1% SOLUTION: <br />POSSIBILITY OF SLIGHT IRRITATION WITH ITCHING, REDNESS OR SWELLING. <br />REPEATED OR PROLONGED EXPOSURE (MIST): <br />POSSIBILITY OF IRRITATION WITH ITCHING, BURNING, REDNESS, SWELLING OR RASH <br />CONTACT (EYE): <br />POSSIBILITY OF CORROSION OR ULCERATION (BLINDNESS MAY RESULT). REPEATED OR <br />PROLONGED EXPOSURE (MIST): <br />POSSIBILITY OF EYE IRRITATION WITH TEARING, PAIN OR BLURRED VISION. <br />INGESTION: <br />IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE: <br />BURNS OF THE MOUTH, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH, WITH SEVERE PAIN, BLEEDING, <br />VOMITING, DIARRHEA AND COLLAPSE OF BLOOD PRESSURE. DAMAGE MAY APPEAR DAYS AFTER <br />EXPOSURE. <br />TOXICITY: <br />PERSONS WITH THE FOLLOWING PRE - EXISTING CONDITIONS WARRANT PARTICULAR ATTENTION <br />SULFURIC ACID: <br />LARYNGEAL IRRITATION. <br />EATING, DRINKING AND SMOKING MUST BE PROHIBITED IN AREAS WHERE THIS MATERIAL IS <br />HANDLED AND PROCESSED. WASH HANDS AND FACE BEFORE EATING, DRINKING AND SMOKING. <br />SECTION 12. ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION <br />ECOTOXICITY: <br />AQUATIC TOXICITY: SLIGHTLY TO MODERATELY TOXIC. <br />BLUEGILL SUNFISH (LC50; 48 HOURS): <br />49 MG /L (TAP WATER, 20 DEG C, CONDITIONS OF BIOASSAY NOT SPECIFIED). (HSBD). <br />FLOUNDER (LC50; 48 HOURS): <br />100 -330 MG /L (AERATED WATER, CONDITIONS OF BIOASSAY NOT SPECIFIED). (HSBD). <br />TOXICITY TO ANIMALS: <br />EYE: CONCENTRATED COMPOUND IS CORROSIVE. <br />10% SOLUTION: MODERATE EYE IRRITANT. <br />Page 7 <br />