MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
SHOWER TAMER
SECTION 01: CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION
MANUFACTURER'S NAME : ROCHESTER MIDLAND LIMITED
MANUFACTURERS ADDRESS : 851 PROGRESS COURT
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: IN CANADA: CANUTEC (613) 996-6666
SUPPLIER IDENTIFIER: NOT AVAILABLE
SUPPLIER'S ADDRESS: NOT AVAILABLE
SUPPLIER EMERGENCY
PHONE NUMBER: NOT AVAILABLE
PRODUCT NAME : SHOWER TAMER
PRODUCT USE : LIQUID SHOWER AND BATH CLEANER
WHMIS CATEGORY: D2B, E
PREPARED BY : ROCHESTER MIDLAND LIMITED.
PHONE NUMBER OF PREPARER: (905) 847-3000
DATE PREPARED: FEBRUARY 28, 2006
SECTION 02: COMPOSITION / INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS
HAZARDOUS % CAS# EXPOSURE LEVELS LD (50), ROUTE, LC(50), ROUTE, SPECIES
INGREDIENTS SPECIES
CITRIC ACID 0.5-1.5 77-92-9 OSHA TWA TOTAL ORAL NOT AVAILABLE
3
15 mg/ m 3000 mg/ Kg
OSHA TWA (RAT)
RESPIRABLE
3
5 mg/ m
ACGIH TWA TOTAL
3
10 mg/ m
LAURYL DIMETHYL 1-5 1643-20-5 NOT AVAILABLE ORAL NOT AVAILABLE
AMINE OXIDE 2700 mg/Kg
(MOUSE)
OTHER % CAS# EXPOSURE LEVELS LD (50), ROUTE, LC(50), ROUTE, SPECIES
INGREDIENTS SPECIES
INHIBITED ORGANIC 30-60 506-89-8 NOT AVAILABLE ORAL NOT AVAILABLE
SALT 1121 mg/ Kg
(RAT)
ETHOXYLATED 1-5 68439-46-3 NOT AVAILABLE ORAL NOT AVAILABLE
LINEAR ALCOHOL 1378 mg/ Kg
(RAT)
DERMAL
>2000 mg/ Kg
(RABBIT)
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SECTION 03: HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION
POTENTIAL ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS:
ROUTE OF ENTRY: EYES, SKIN, INHALATION, INGESTION
SKIN CONTACT: PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY CAUSE IRRITATION TO SKIN.
SKIN ABSORPTION : NOT AVAILABLE
EYE: WILL CAUSE IRRITATION SUCH AS BURNING, STINGING WATERY EYES.
INHALATION: PRODUCT WILL IRRITATE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND TRACHEA. NOT A LIKELY ROUTE OF
EXPOSURE. PRODUCT HAS A LOW VAPOUR PRESSURE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND IS NOT
EXPECTED TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT INHALATION HAZARD UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS.
INGESTION: MAY CAUSE IRRITATION TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF THE THROAT, MOUTH AND DIGESTIVE
TRACT. MAY CAUSE NAUSEA, VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. ASPIRATION OF VOMITED CONTENTS
MAY CAUSE CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS, WHICH CAN BE FATAL
ACUTE OVER-EXPOSURE
EFFECTS: AS ABOVE.
CHRONIC OVER EXPOSURE
EFFECTS: NONE KNOWN
SECTION 04: FIRST AID MEASURES
EYES: FLUSH EYES WITH ABUNDANT WATER FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES WHILE HOLDING EYELIDS OPEN TO ENSURE
COMPLETE IRRIGATION OF THE ENTIRE EYE CAVITY. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
SKIN: WASH SKIN WITH SOAP AND WATER. REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST, GET
MEDICAL ATTENTION.
INHALATION: REMOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR. ASSIST BREATHING AS NEEDED. IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST, GET MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. IF VICTIM CONSCIOUS, GIVE 1 - 2 GLASSES OF WATER TO DILUTE STOMACH
CONTENTS. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON.
SECTION 05: FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES
FLASHPOINT AND METHOD OF
DETERMINATION: NONE. PRODUCT WILL NOT BURN.
UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT
(% BY VOLUME): NOT APPLICABLE
LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT
(% BY VOLUME: NOT APPLICABLE
AUTO-IGNITION TEMPERATURE: NOT AVAILABLE
FLAMMABILITY CLASSIFICATION: NON-FLAMMABLE LIQUID
CONDITIONS OF FLAMMABILITY: NONE.
MEANS OF EXTINCTION: AS FOR SURROUNDING FIRE.
SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING
PROCEDURES: FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD WEAR FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND USE APPROVED SELF
CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. USE WATER SPRAY TO COOL FIRE EXPOSED
CONTAINERS TO PREVENT PRESSURE BUILDUP AND POSSIBLE RUPTURE. DO NOT
SPATTER OR SPLASH PRODUCT.
HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION
PRODUCTS: HYDROCHLORIC ACIDS FUMES AND OXIDES OF CARBON, NITROGEN AND CHLORINE.
0
EXPLOSION DATA: AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 60 C, ACID REACTION ON MOST METALS RELEASES
HYDROGEN, A HIGHLY FLAMMABLE AND/OR EXPLOSIVE GAS.
SENSITIVITY TO STATIC
DISCHARGE: NOT SENSITIVE.
SENSITIVITY TO MECHANICAL
IMPACT : NOT SENSITIVE
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SECTION 06: ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES
LEAK AND SPILL
PROCEDURES: CLEANUP PERSONNEL MUST USE FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. REMOVE UNPROTECTED PERSONNEL
AWAY FROM SPILL AREA. VENTILATE AREA. CAUTION: SPILL AREA MAY BE SLIPPERY.
SMALL SPILLS: MOP UP, AND FLUSH AREA WITH WATER.
LARGE SPILLS: DIKE SPILL. DO NOT ALLOW SPILL TO ENTER OPEN WATERWAYS OR SEWERS. RECLAIM ALL MATERIAL
POSSIBLE. ABSORB REMAINDER WITH INERT MATERIAL AND PLACE IN SUITABLE CONTAINERS FOR
DISPOSAL. FLUSH AREA WITH WATER.
SECTION 07: HANDLING AND STORAGE
HANDLING PROCEDURES
AND EQUIPMENT: AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN OR CLOTHING. WASH SKIN THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. DO NOT
GENERATE/BREATHE MISTS/ SPRAYS. REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND LAUNDER BEFORE RE-
USE. KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE. READ AND FOLLOW LABEL INSTRUCTIONS. DO NOT
CONTAMINATE FOOD, WATER OR FEED DURING USE OR STORAGE OF THIS PRODUCT. MIX ONLY WITH
WATER.
STORAGE
REQUIREMENTS: KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE. STORE IN A COOL WELL VENTILATED AREA AWAY FROM
INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. KEEP FROM FREEZING. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. DO NOT REUSE
CONTAINER.
SECTION 08: EXPOSURE CONTROLS/ PERSONAL PROTECTION
EYE PROTECTION: WEAR CHEMICAL SPLASH GOGGLES.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: NOT NORMALLY REQUIRED. USE NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR IF EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE
EXCEEDED OR IRRITATION OCCURS.
GLOVES: WEAR RUBBER OR NITRILE GLOVES.
OTHER PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT: AS NEEDED TO PREVENT ALL CONTACT WITH PRODUCT.
SPECIFIC ENGINEERING
CONTROLS鈥︹?︹?︹?︹??. USE GENERAL MECHANICAL AND / OR LOCAL EXHAUST. USE CORROSION RESISTANT
EQUIPMENT.
SECTION 09: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID
ODOUR AND APPEARANCE: FRAGRANCE FREE, GREEN SLIGHTLY VISCOUS LIQUID.
ODOUR THRESHOLD: NOT AVAILABLE
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.09-1.11
VAPOUR PRESSURE : NOT AVAILABLE
VAPOUR DENSITY (AIR=1): NOT AVAILABLE
VOC CONTENT (% ): NOT AVAILABLE
EVAPORATION RATE; AS WATER
0 0
BOILING POINT; 100 C ( 212 F )
PH: 1.5-1.7 (1 % SOLUTION)
FREEZING POINT: NOT AVAILABLE
DENSITY (g/ ml): 1.09-1.11
COEFFICIENT OF WATER/OIL
DISTRIBUTION:. COMPLETELY WATER SOLUBLE
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SECTION 10: STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
0 0
CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABLE UP TO 43 C( 110 F)
INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: AVOID CONTACT WITH OXIDIZERS SUCH AS CHLORATE AND NITRATES. AVOID CONTACT OF
CONCENTRATED CLEANER WITH ALUMINIUM SINCE PITTING OR SURFACE DETERIORATION
MAY RESULT. AVOID PROLONGED CONTACT TIMES OF DILUTED PRODUCT WITH
ALUMINIUM. CONTACT WITH CHLORINE CLEANERS, SULFITES OR CYANIDES WILL LIBERATE
TOXIC GASES, CONTACT WITH AMMONIA AND OTHER ALKALINE CLEANERS WILL GENERATE
0
HEAT. AVOID HEATING ABOVE 43 C WHICH RESULTS IN EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION
WITH THE RAPID RELEASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE GAS.
0
CONDITIONS OF REACTIVITY: AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 60 C, ACID REACTION ON MOST METALS RELEASES
HYDROGEN, A HIGHLY FLAMMABLE AND/OR EXPLOSIVE GAS.
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION
PRODUCTS: THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MAY YIELD HYDROCHLORIC ACIDS FUMES AND OXIDES OF
CARBON, NITROGEN AND CHLORINE. CONTACT WITH HYPOCHLORITES SUCH AS
BLEACH, SULFIDES OR CYANIDES WILL LIBERATE TOXIC GASSES.
SECTION 11: TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
IRRITANCY OF PRODUCT: MILD SKIN IRRITANT
SENSITIZATION TO
MATERIAL: NOT AVAILABLE
CARCINOGENICITY,: NO KNOWN CARCINOGENS LISTED BY OSHA, IARC OR NTP.
REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: NO KNOWN REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS
TERATOGENICITY: NOT AVAILABLE
MUTAGENICITY: NOT MUTAGENIC AS PER OECD GUIDELINES.
TOXICOLOGICALLY SYNERGISTIC
PRODUCTS: NOT AVAILABLE
SECTION 12: ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
THERE IS NO ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCT. INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT INFORMATION (AS AVAILABLE)
ONLY. ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION TO FOLLOW IS BASED LARGELY OR COMPLETELY ON INFORMATION FOR
COMPONENTS EXPRESSED ON A 100% ACTIVE INGREDIENT BASIS.
ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION:
AQUATIC TOXICITY: FISH SPECIES DATA: ETHOXYLATED LINEAR ALCOHOL LC50, 96 HR STATIC ACUTE, FATHEAD MINNOW: 8.5 mg/L
CITRIC ACID LC 50, 96 HR, GOLDFISH 440 鈥? 706 mg/ L
AQUATIC TOXICITY: INVERTEBRATES: ETHOXYLATED LINEAR ALCOHOL LC50, 96 HR STATIC ACUTE, DAPHNIA: 5.3 mg/L
AQUATIC TOXICITY: (GROWTH INHIBITION) PLANTS: NOT AVAILABLE
AQUATIC TOXICITY: MICROORGANISMS: NOT AVAILABLE
BIODEGRADABILITY: CITRIC ACID BOD 5 = 0.528 mg/ Kg
CITRIC ACID COD 5 = 0.728 mg/ Kg
CITRIC ACID BIODEGRADATION IS 98% AFTER 2 DAYS
LAURYL DIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE AND ETHOXYLATED LINEAR ALCOHOL COMPONENTS ARE BIODEGRADABLE. ETHOXYLATED
LINEAR ALCOHOL COMPONENT HAS 88% OXYGEN REMOVAL IN 28 DAYS. 100% DOC REMOVAL.
MOBILITY: NOT AVAILABLE
PERSISTENCE: NOT AVAILABLE
BIOACCUMULATIVE: NOT AVAILABLE
CHEMICAL FATE INFORMATION: NOT AVAILABLE
OTHER INFORMATION: NOT AVAILABLE
SECTION 13: DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH MUNICIPAL, PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
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SECTION 14: TRANSPORT INFORMATION
TDG (CANADA): CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, ORGANIC,N.O.S.
(HYDROCHLORIC ACID INHIBITED ORGANIC SALT)
8
UN 3265
PACKING GROUP III
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: NOT AVAILABLE
MARINE POLLUTANT: NO
SECTION 15: REGULATORY INFORMATION:
DSL STATUS: LISTED
WHMIS CLASSIFICATION: D2B, E
THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HAZARD CRITERIA OF THE CPR(CONTROLLED
PRODUCTS REGULATIONS) AND THE MSDS CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CPR.
SECTION 16: OTHER INFORMATION
DISCLAIMER: THIS INFORMATION WAS COMPILED FROM CURRENT, RELIABLE SOURCES AND IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT. AS
DATA AND/ OR REGULATIONS CHANGE, AND CONDITIONS OF USE ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, NO WARRANTY,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO COMPLETENESS OR CONTINUING ACCURACY OF THIS INFORMATION.
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