===================== Product Identification =====================
MSDS NAME:METHYLENE CHLORIDE, M3870
NIIN:00N080085
MSDS Number: CFRZD
=== Responsible Party ===
Company:SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP
Address:14422 SOUTH SAN PEDRO ST
City:GARDENA
State:CA
ZIP:90248
Country:US
Info Phone Num:310-516-8000
Emergency Phone Num:800-414-9300 (CHEMTREC)
CAGE:63415
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company:SPECTRUM LABORATORY PRODUCTS INC
Address:14422 S SAN PEDRO ST
Box:City:GARDENA
State:CA
ZIP:90248-2027
Country:US
Phone:310-516-8000/FAX: 310-516-9843
CAGE:63415
============= Composition/Information on Ingredients =============
Name:METHANE, DICHLORO-; (METHYLENE CHLORIDE) (SARA 313)
(CERCLA) LD50 (ORAL RAT): 1600 MG/KG
CAS:75-09-2
RTECS #:PA8050000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:500 PPM
ACGIH TLV:50 PPM, A2
EPA Rpt Qty:1000 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:1000 LBS
Name:FIRST AID PROC: SKIN W/RUNNING WATER & NON-ABRASIVE SOAP.
BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL TO CLEAN FOLDS, CREVICES, (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 2: CREASES & GROIN. COLD WATER MAY BE USED. COVER
IRRITATED SKIN W/EMOLLIENT. IF IRRIT PERSISTS, SEEK MED (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 3: ATTN. WASH CONTAM CLTHG BEFORE REUSE. SERIOUS SKIN
CONT: WASH W/DISINFECTANT SOAP & COVER CONTAM SKIN W/ (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 4: ANTIBACTERIAL CREAM. SEEK IMMED MED ATTN. INHAL:
ALLOW VICTIM TO REST IN WELL-VENTD AREA. SEEK IMMED MED (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 5: ATTN. SERIOUS INHAL: EVACUATE VICTIM TO SAFE AREA AS
SOON AS POSS. LOOSEN TIGHT CLTHG SUCH AS COLLAR, TIE,(ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 6: BELT/WAISTBAND. IF BRTHG IS DFCLT, ADMIN OXYGEN. IF
NOT BRTHG, PERFORM MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION. (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 7: WARNING: IT MAY BE DANGEROUS TO PERS PROVIDING AID
TO GIVE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION WHEN INHALED (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 8: MATL IS TOX, INFECTIOUS/CORR. SEEK IMMED MED ATTN.
INGEST: REMOVE DENTURES IF ANY. WATCH FOR OBSTRUCTION (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 9: IN VICTIM'S MOUTH. REMOVE IF POSS WHAT IS CAUSING
OBSTRUCTION BUT DO NOT FORCE FINGERS/HARD OBJECT (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 10: BETWEEN TEETH. HAVE CONSCIOUS PERS DRINK SEVERAL
GLASSES OF WATER/MILK. INDUCE VOMIT BY STICKING FINGER (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 11: IN THROAT. SEEK IMMED MED ATTN. SERIOUS INGEST:
EXAMINE LIPS & MOUTH TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER TISS ARE (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 12: DAMAGED, POSS INDICATION TOX MATL WAS INGESTED;
ABSENCE OF SUCH SIGNS IS NOT CONCLUSIVE. REMOVE DENTURES(ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 13: IF ANY. WATCH FOR OBSTRUCTION IN MOUTH. REMOVE IF
POSS WHAT IS CAUSING OBSTRUCTION BUT DO NOT FORCE (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 14: FINGERS/HARD OBJECT BETWEEN TEETH. IF SOFT PAD CAN
BE INSERTED BETWEEN TEETH, IT WILL PROTECT TONGUE (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 15: FROM BEING BITTEN. BADLY BLEEDING TONGUE IMMENSELY
COMPLICATES PROBLEMS. HAVE CONSCIOUS PERS DRINK (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 16: SEVERAL GLASSES OF WATER/MILK. INDUCE VOMIT BY
SICKING FINGER IN THROAT. LOWER HEAD TO THAT VOMIT WILL (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 17: NOT REENTER MOUTH & THROAT. IF CONVLS OCCUR, DO NOT
RESTRAIN VICTIM, BUT DO REMOVE OBJECTS W/WHICH HE (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 18: (SHE) MIGHT INJURE HIMSELF (HERSELF)/ORIENT VICTIM
TO PVNT HIM (HER) FROM STICKING FIXED HEAVY OBJECTS. (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 19: IF CONVLS CEASE, TURM VICTIM ON SIDE/FACE DOWN SO
THAT ANY FLUID IN MOUTH WILL DRAIN. SEEK IMMED MED ATTN.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:SPILL PROC: DO NOT TOUCH SPILLED MATL. USE WATER SPRAY TO
REDUCE VAPS. PVNT ENTRY INTO SEWERS, BASEMENTS OR (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 21: CONFINED AREAS; DIKE IF NEEDED. ELIMINATE ALL
SOURCES OF IGNITION. CALL FOR ASSISTANCE ON DISPOSAL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:OTHER PREC: SHOULD BE STORED IN SEPARATE LOCKED SFTY STOR
CABINET/ROOM. NO SMKNG IN AREA OF USE. DO NOT USE IN (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
Name:ING 23: GEN VICIN OF ARC WELDING, OPEN FLAMES/HOT SURF.
HEAT &/UV RADIA MAY CAUSE FORM OF HCL &/PHOSGENE .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ
===================== Hazards Identification =====================
LD50 LC50 Mixture:SEE INGREDIENT 1.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:YES IARC:YES OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE: VERY DANGEROUS IN CASE OF EYE
CONT (IRRIT), INGEST/INHAL. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS TO DANGEROUS IN CASE
OF SKIN CONT (IRRIT, PERMEATOR). EYE IRRIT. SEV OVEREXP CAN RSLT IN
DEATH. CAN BE FATAL IF INHA LED/INGESTED. MAY IRRITATE EYES & SKIN
UPON CONT. INFLAMM OF EYES W/REDNESS, WATERING, & ITCH.
CHRONIC:(EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:METHYLENE CHLORIDE: IARC MONO, SUPP, VOL
7, PG 194, 1987: GROUP 2B. NTP 7TH ANNUAL RPT ON CARCINS, 1994:
(SUP DAT)
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: TOX TO LUNGS, NERV SYS, LIVER, MUC
MEMB. RPTD/PRLNG EXPOS CAN PRDCE TARGET ORGANS DMG. RPTD EXPOS TO
HIGHLY TOX MATL MAY PRDCE GEN DETERIORATION OF HLTH BY ACCUM IN
ONE/MORE HUMAN ORGANS. PA SSES THRU HUMAN PLACENTA, EXCRETED IN
MATERNAL MILK. CHLOROCARBON MATLS HAVE PRDCED SENSIT OF MYOCARDIUM
TO (SUP DAT)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
======================= First Aid Measures =======================
First Aid:EYE:CHECK FOR & REMOVE CONT LENSES. IMMED FLUSH W/RUNNING
WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN, KEEPING EYELIDS OPEN. COLD WATER MAY BE
USED. DO NOT USE EYE OINTMENT. SEEK MED ATTN. SKIN:IF CHEM GOT ONTO
CLOTHED PORTION OF BODY, REMOVE CONTAM CLOTHESAS QUICKLY AS POSS,
PROT YOUR OWN HANDS & BODY. PLACE VICTIM UNDER DELUGE SHOWER. IF
CHEM TOUCHES EXPOSED SKIN, SUCH AS HANDS:GENTLY & THORO WASH CONTAM
(ING 2)
===================== Fire Fighting Measures =====================
Lower Limits:12%
Upper Limits:19%
Extinguishing Media:SML FIRES: USE DRY CHEMS, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER
SPRAY/FOAM. LGE FIRES: USE WATER SPRAY, FOG/FOAM. DO NOT USE WATER
JET.
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPROVED PRESSURE DEMAND SCBA AND
FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT .
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION: CARBON OXIDES
(MONOXIDE, DIOXIDE), HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS. THERMAL DECOMPOSITION
PRODUCTS MAY INCLUDE HCL AND PHOSGENE .
================== Accidental Release Measures ==================
Spill Release Procedures:SML SPILL: DILUTE W/WATER & MOP UP/ABSORB
W/INERT DRY MATL & PLACE IN APPROP WASTE DISP CONTR. LGE SPILL:
COMBUST MATL. POIS LIQ. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT. KEEP AWAY FROM IGNIT
SOURCES. STOP LEAK IF W/OUT RISK. DO NOT GET WATER INSIDE CONTR.
(ING 21)
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
====================== Handling and Storage ======================
Handling and Storage Precautions:KEEP LOCKED UP, AWAY FROM HEAT & IGNIT
SOURCES. EMPTY CONTRS POSE FIRE RISK, EVAP RESIDUE UNDER FUME HOOD.
GROUND ALL EQUIP CONTAINING MATL.
Other Precautions:DO NOT INGEST. DO NOT BREATHE GAS, FUMES, VAP/SPRAY.
IF INGESTED, SEEK MED ADVIVE IMMED & SHOW CONTR/LABEL. AVOID CONT
W/SKIN & EYES. KEEP CONTR DRY, IN COOL WELL-VENTD PLACE. KEEP CONTR
TIGHTLY CLSD. HIGHLY TOX/INFECTIOUS MATLS (ING 23)
============= Exposure Controls/Personal Protection =============
Respiratory Protection:BE SURE TO USE A NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR OR
EQUIVALENT. WEAR APPROPRIATE NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR WHEN
VENTILATION IS INSUFFICIENT.
Ventilation:PROVIDE EXHAUST VENTILATION OR OTHER ENGINEERING CONTROLS
TO KEEP AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPORS BELOW TLV.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES.
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:EMERGENCY EYEWASH AND DELUGE SHOWER MEETING
ANSI DESIGN CRITERIA . LAB COAT, FULL SUIT, BOOTS.
Work Hygienic Practices:SUGGESTED PROTECTIVE CLOTHING MIGHT NOT BE
SUFFICIENT; CONSULT A SPECIALIST BEFORE HANDLING THIS PRODUCT.
Supplemental Safety and Health
EXPLAN OF CARCIN: ANTIC TO BE CARCIN. ANIMAL: LUNG. EFTS OF OVEREXP:
EPINEPHIRNE IN LAB ANIMALS & COULD HAVE SIMILAR EFT IN HUMANS.
ADRENOMIMETICS (E.G., EPINEPHRINE), MAY BE CONTRAINDICATED EXCEPT
FO R LIFE-SUSTAINING USES IN HUMANS ACUTELY/CHRONICALLY EXPOSED TO
CHLOROCARBONS .
================== Physical/Chemical Properties ==================
Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:104F,40C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-142F,-97C
Vapor Pres:348.75@20C
Vapor Density:2.93
Spec Gravity:1.3266 (H*2O=1)
Solubility in Water:PARTIALLY SOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:LIQUID
================= Stability and Reactivity Data =================
Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Stability Condition to Avoid:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:HCL, PHOSGENE .
==================== Disposal Considerations ====================
Waste Disposal Methods:RECYCLE TO PROCESS, IF POSSIBLE. CONSULT YOUR
LOCAL OR REGIONAL AUTHORITIES. DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL,
STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS .
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