=====================  Product Identification  =====================

MSDS NAME:BIPHENYL, O-1421
NIIN:00N015345
MSDS Number: CDZJR
=== Responsible Party ===
Company:FISHER SCIENTIFIC
Address:1 REAGENT LN
City:FAIR LAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410
Country:US
Info Phone Num:201-796-7100
Emergency Phone Num:201-796-7100
CAGE:1B464
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company:FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO.  CHEMICAL MFG DIV
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
Box:City:FAIRLAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410-2802
Country:US
Phone:201-796-7100
CAGE:1B464

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Name:ING 15: DEGENERATIVE LIVER CHGS & AFFECTS ON THYROID &
    PARATHYROID FUNC. OF 13 RATS FED 50-100 MG/DAY FOR 13 (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 16: MONTHS, 2 DEVELOPED PAPAILLOMATA & 1 DEVELOPED
    SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF FORESTOMACH.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:FIRST AID PROC: UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS (AT LST 15-20
    MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST:ONLY HYDROCARBONS (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 18:THAT ARE SOLVS FOR TOX AGENT OR ARE THEMSELVES TOX
    NEED TO BE EVACUATED. USE EXTREME CARE TO PVNT ASPIR.(ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 19: GASTRIC LAVAGE W/CUFFED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE IN PLACE
    TO PVNT FURTHER ASPIR SHOULD BE DONE W/IN 15 MIN. IN (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 20: ABSENCE OF DEPRESS OR CONVULSIONS OR IMPAIRED GAG
    REFLEX, EMESIS CAN ALSO BE INDUCED USING SYRUP OF (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 21: IPECAC W/OUT INCR HAZ OF ASPIR. TREAT SYMP &
    SUPPORTIVELY. GASTRIC LAVAGE SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 22: QUALIFIED MED PERS. GET MED ATTN IMMED. ANTIDOTE:
    NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:RESP PROT: SCBA. 25MG/M3:SUPPLIED-AIR RESP OPERATED IN
    CONTINUOUS FLOW MODE. POWERED AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/ORG (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 24: VAP CARTRIDGE IN COMBINATION W/DUST, MIST & FUME
    FILTER. FOR MORE INFO ON SEPCIFIC RESPS CONTACT NEHC .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: PARALYSIS OF HIND LEGS & ASPHYXIAL
    CONVULSIONS WERE OBSERVED IN SOME ANIMALS. DEATH IN A COMA (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 2: OCCURRED ANYWHERE FROM 2 HRS TO 18 DAYS AFTER
    DOSING. PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS INCL GENERALIZED CONGESTION, (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 3:MYOCARDITIS, HEPATITIS, NEPHRITIS & PNEUM. CHRONIC:
    INHAL:IN ONE PLANT RPTD EXPOS TO UNSPECIFIED LEVELS (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 4: RSLTD IN TRANSIENT NAUS, VOMIT & BRONCH. IN ANOTHER
    PLANT WHERE CONCS RANGED UP TO 128 MG/M3, MOST COMMON (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 5:COMPLAINTS WERE GI SYMPS SUCH AS DIFFUSE PAIN, NAUS,
    DIARR & INDIGESTION, HDCH, NUMB & ACHING OF LIMBS & (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 6: GEN FATG. SOME WORKERS SHOWED EVID OF LIVER EFTS.
    NEURO EXAM REVEALED VARYING DEGREES OF DMG TO CNS & (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 7: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYS WHICH PERSISTED ON REEXAMS 1
    & 2 YRS LATER. ONE MAN DIED AFTER 11 YRS OF DERMAL AS (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 8: WELL AS EXTENSIVE RESP EXPOS TO VAP & DUST. AUTOPSY
    REVEALED WIDESPREAD LIVER & KIDNEY NECROSIS & (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 9: CIRRHOTIC AREAS OF LIVER. THERE WERE ALSO
    DEGENERATIVE CHGS IN BRAIN & HEART MUSC & BONE MARROW APPEARED (ING
    11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 10: HYPERACTIVE. SKIN: PRLNGD/RPTD CNTCT MAY CAUSE DERM
    & POSS SENSIT. IN VARIOUS ANIMAL STUDIES INVOLVING (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 11:RPTD SKIN APPLICATN, RSLT VARIED FROM NO EVID OF LOC
    IRRIT TO INFLAM CHGS. IN ONE STUDY ABSORPTION RSLTD (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 12:IN WT LOSS & DEATH OF ONE ANIMAL. THERE WAS DMG TO
    SPLEEN & SLIGHT EFTS ON HEART, LIVER & KIDNEYS. HUMAN (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 13: FATALITY DESCRIBED IN CHRONIC INHAL INVOLVED DERMAL
    AS WELL AS INHAL EXPOS. EYE: PRLNGD/RPTD CNTCT MAY (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 14:CAUSE CONJ. INGEST: VARIOUS CHRONIC FEEDING STUDIES
    IN ANIMALS REPORTED POLYURIA & REVERSIBLE KIDNEY DMG,(ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:BIPHENYL (SARA 313) (CERCLA)
CAS:92-52-4
RTECS #:DU8050000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:0.2 PPM
ACGIH TLV:0.2 PPM
EPA Rpt Qty:1 LB
DOT Rpt Qty:1 LB

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:LD50: (ORAL, RAT) 3280 MG/KG
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:NO	Skin:NO  Ingestion:NO
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE: INHAL: >5 MG/M3 MAY CAUSE IRRIT
    OF NOSE & THROAT. IN SUFFICIENT CONCS, MAY AFFECT PERIPHERAL SYS,
    CNS & PROBABLY LIVER. SKIN:NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IRRIT
    ON SINGLE EXPOS. SENSIT DERM  MAY OCCUR IN PREVIOUSLY EXPOS PERS.
    MAY BE ABSORBED THRU SKIN; 25% SOLN OF DIPHENYL IN DIMETHYL (EFTS
    OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: PHTHALATE APPLIED TO RABBIT SKIN FOR
    24 HRS RSLT IN LD50 OF 2500MG/KG. EYES: MILD TO MOD IRRIT AMY OCCUR
    FROM EXPOS TO DUST/FUME. INGEST:MAY BE TOX EFT ON CNS & PERIPHERAL
    NERVOUS SYS & LIVE R. SINGLE ORAL DOSES IN ANIMALS CAUSED INCR IN
    RESPIRATION, LACRIM, ANOREXIA & WT LOSS, MUSC WEAK & ATAXIA. MILD
    (ING 2)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:PERSONS WITH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    DISORDERS OR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY OR LIVER DISEASE MAY BE AT AN
    INCREASED RISK FROM EXPOSURE.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG HAS STOPPED,
    PERFORM ARTF RESP. KEEP WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMP & SUPPORTIVELY.
    GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN:REMOVE CONTAMD CLTHG & SHOES IMMED. WASH
    AREA W/SOAP  OR MILD DETERGENT & LG AMTS OF WATER UNTIL NO EVID OF
    CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. EYE:WASH IMMED
    W/LG AMTS OF WATER/NORM SALINE OCCASNLY LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS
    (ING 18)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point Method:CC
Flash Point:235F,113C
Lower Limits:0.6%
Upper Limits:5.8%
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY OR FOAM.
    FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR ALCOHOL FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . MOVE
    CNTNR FROM AREA IF POSS. DO NOT SCATTER SPILLED MATL W/MORE WATER
    THAN NEEDED FOR FIRE CTL. DIKE (SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:SLIGHT FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT
    OR FLAME. DUST-AIR MIXTURES MAY IGNITE OR EXPLODE.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:SWEEP UP AND PLACE IN SUITABLE CLEAN, DRY
    CONTAINERS FOR RECLAMATION OR LATER DISPOSAL. DO NOT FLUSH WITH
    WATER. KEEP UNNECESSARY PEOPLE AWAY.
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE
    SUBSTANCES.
Other Precautions:MAY BURN BUT DOES OT IGNITE READILY. AVOID CONTACT
    WITH STRONG OXIDIZERS, EXCESSIVE HEAT, SPARKS OR OPEN FLAME.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:SPECIFIC RESP SELECTED MUST BE BASED ON CONTAM
    LEVELS FOUND IN WORK PLACE, MUST NOT EXCEED WORKING LIMS OF RESP &
    BE NIOSH APPRVD. RECOMD RESPS:10MG/M3:CHEM CARTRIDGE RESP W/ORG VAP
    CARTRIDGE & DUST &	MIST FILTER. SUPPLIED AIR RESP.(ING 24)
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION AND/OR GENERAL DILUTION
    VENTILATION TO MEET PUBLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITS.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER . WEAR
    APPROP PROT (IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG & EQUIP TO PVNT PRLNGD/RPTD SKIN
    CNTCT.
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
APPEAR/ODOR: LEAFLETS WITH A PLEASANT, PECULIAR ODOR. FIRE FIGHT PROC:
    FIRE CTL WATER FOR LATER DISP. EXTING USING AGENTS INDICATED. USE
    FLOODING AMTS OF WATER AS FOG. COOL CNTNRS W/FLOODING AMTS OF W
    ATER. USE WATER TO ASORB VAPS. AVOID BRTHG IRRIT VAPS. KEEP UPWIND.
    WATER/FOAM MAY CAUSE FROTHING.

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:493F,256C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:160F,71C
Vapor Pres:0.005 @20C
Vapor Density:5.3
Spec Gravity:1.041
Solubility in Water:0.8%
Appearance and Odor:COLORLESS, WHITE OR LIGHT YELLOW SOLID,
    CRYSTALLIZED IN SCALES OR (SUPDAT)

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
OXIDIZERS (STRONG): FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD.
Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
    PRESSURES.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY
    INCLUDE TOXIC OXIDES OF CARBON.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS
    WHEN STORING OR DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE,
    CONTACT THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    AGENCY.

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