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Material Safety Data Sheet
Garlon* 4 Herbicide
*Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC - Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. is a licensed user
In case of emergency Call CANUTEC at 613 996 6666
1. Product Identification:
Product name: Garlon* 4 Herbicide Supplier:
Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
Product use: For the control of undesirable woody plants and
Suite 2100, 450 - 1st Street SW,
annual and perennial broadleaved weeds on pastures and
Calgary, Alberta,
rangelands, and in non-crop areas such as rights-of-way, military
Canada, T2P 5H1
bases and industrial sites.
www.dowagro.ca
Product code number: 38322
GMID numbers: 4510, 5652
MSDS number: DASCI-012
Effective date: November 16, 2006 Date printed: November 17, 2006
This product is regulated under authority of the Pest Control Products Act
2. Composition:
Component CAS Number % (w/w)
Triclopyr (as butoxy ethyl ester)(BEE) 064700-56-7 61.6
Other ingredients 38.4
Including:
Kerosene 008008-20-6
Proprietary surfactants not available
causing lung damage or even death due to
3. Hazard Identification:
chemical pneumonia.
Emergency Overview:
Inhalation: Excessive exposure may cause
This product is an amber liquid with a kerosene-
irritation to upper respiratory tract. Kerosene
like odor. This product is combustible. Contact
may cause central nervous system effects.
may cause eye and skin irritation.
4. First - Aid Measures:
Special Health Precautions: This product
contains a petroleum-based solvent. Health Consult a physician in every case of
studies have shown that many petroleum-based suspected chemical poisoning. Never give
solvents pose potential human health risks, fluids or induce vomiting if a patient is
which may vary from person to person. As a unconscious or convulsing regardless of
precaution, exposure to liquids, vapors, mists or cause of injury. If breathing difficulties occur
fumes of solvents contained in this product seek medical attention at once.
should be minimized.
Eyes: Flush eyes thoroughly with water for
Potential Health Effects: several minutes. Remove contact lenses after
Eyes: This product may cause slight temporary initial one to two minutes and continue flushing
eye irritation. Corneal injury is unlikely. for several minutes. Get specialist medical
Skin contact: Prolonged or repeated exposure attention if effects occur
may cause skin irritation. Skin: Wash skin with plenty of water.
Skin absorption: Prolonged skin contact is not Ingestion: Do not induce vomiting unless
likely to result in this material being absorbed in instructed to do so by qualified medical
harmful amounts. Repeated skin contact may personnel. Get medical attention and transport
result in this product being absorbed in harmful to a medical facility at once.
amounts. Inhalation: Remove individual to fresh air. If
Ingestion: Small amounts swallowed incidental individual is not breathing, give artificial
to normal handling operations are not likely to respiration. If breathing is difficult, qualified
cause injury; however, swallowing larger personnel should administer oxygen. Get
amounts may cause injury. Aspiration into the medical attention if effects occur.
lungs may occur during ingestion or vomiting,
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Material Safety Data Sheet
Garlon* 4 Herbicide
*Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC - Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. is a licensed user
In case of emergency Call CANUTEC at 613 996 6666
Have the Material Safety Data Sheet, and if under natural conditions (see 13. Ecological
available, the product container or label with you Information 鈥? Degradation and Metabolism 鈥?
when calling for medical assistance. Soil). Do not allow spilled material to
contaminate water supplies. For large spills,
Note to physician: dike and barricade the affected area and contact
This product contains a petroleum-based CANUTEC at 613 996 6666 and local
solvent. In case of ingestion, the decision of authorities.
whether to induce vomiting or not should be
made by the attending physician. If lavage is 7. Handling and Storage:
performed, endotracheal and/or esophageal Handling: Keep this product out of reach of
control is suggested. Danger from lung children or animals. Do not use this product near
aspiration must be weighed against toxicity heat or open flame. This product is harmful if
when considering emptying the stomach. swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the
Employ supportive care. Treatment of exposure skin. Avoid contact with eyes, skin and clothing.
should be directed at the control of symptoms Remove and wash contaminated clothing before
and the clinical condition of the patient. reuse. Contaminated clothing should be washed
separately from domestic laundry and line-dried.
5. Fire-fighting Measures: Once used for contaminated clothing, the
Auto-ignition temperature: Not available washing machine should be operated through a
Flash point: 64掳C (TCC) complete cycle with hot water and heavy duty
Flammability limits: Not determined detergent only, prior to use for domestic laundry.
Extinguishing media: Water fog, foam, CO2, Users should wash hands and face before
dry chemical. eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco or
Sensitivity to mechanical impact/static the toilet.
discharge: Not available Storage: Store this product at temperatures
Unusual fire and explosion hazards: This greater than -2掳C or agitate before use. Do not
product is combustible. Toxic irritating vapors ship or store with food, feed, seed, or clothing.
may be formed if this product is involved in a
8. Exposure Controls, Personal Protection
fire. Contain fire-fighting water for future
and Exposure limits:
disposal.
Exposure guidelines:
Fire-fighting equipment: Use positive-pressure
Triclopyr BEE ester: Dow Industrial Hygiene
self-contained breathing apparatus and full
Guide is 2 mg/m鲁, as acid equivalent, skin.
turnout gear.
Kerosene: Dow Industrial Hygiene Guide is 10
6. Accidental Release Measures: mg/m鲁.
Eliminate all ignition sources. Ventilate the spill Proprietary surfactants: not available
area. Avoid breathing the vapor. A "skin" notation following the exposure
Soak up small spills with absorbent material guideline refers to the potential for dermal
such as HAZORB, or ZORBALL, peat moss, absorption of the material. It is intended to alert
commercial sweeping compound or similar the reader that inhalation may not be the only
absorbent material; if these are not available route of exposure and that measures to
use adsorbing agents such as kitty litter, sand, minimize dermal exposures should be
clay or topsoil. Store collected considered.
absorbed/adsorbed material in secure Engineering controls: Provide general and/or
containers until safe disposal can be arranged. local exhaust ventilation to control airborne
Avoid the use of water for cleanup, since spent levels below the exposure guidelines.
water must be collected and may be treated as Breathing: Atmospheric levels should be
hazardous waste. Use hot water and heavy duty maintained below the exposure guidelines.
detergent to clean up any residual stains on When respiratory protection is required for
hard surfaces. Small spills on topsoil should be certain operations, use an approved air-purifying
worked into the soil and allowed to degrade respirator.
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Material Safety Data Sheet
Garlon* 4 Herbicide
*Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC - Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. is a licensed user
In case of emergency Call CANUTEC at 613 996 6666
Protective Clothing: For brief contact during Inhalation: Not available
manufacture, warehousing and transport, wear Sensitization: Prolonged or frequently repeated
clean body-covering clothing. During operations skin contact may cause allergic skin reactions in
where exposure to the concentrated product some individuals. No allergic skin reaction is
may occur, use protective clothing impervious to expected with the field-diluted product.
this product. Selection of specific items such as Chronic effects: Repeated excessive exposure
face-shield, respirator, boots, gloves, apron or to triclopyr BEE may cause liver, kidney and
full body suit will depend on the operation being blood effects.
carried out. Applicators and other field handlers, Cancer: Triclopyr BEE did not cause cancer in
including persons repairing or cleaning long-term animal studies. In a lifetime animal
application equipment, must wear clean body- dermal carcinogenicity study, an increased
covering clothing, impervious gloves and boots. incidence of skin tumors was observed when
In addition, persons making and/or transferring kerosene was applied at doses that also
field dilutions of this product must wear an produced skin irritation. The response was
impervious apron. similar to that produced in skin by other types of
Eyes: Use safety glasses chronic chemical/physical irritation No increase
Other protection: None specified in tumors was observed when non-irritating
dilutions of kerosene were applied at equivalent
9. Physical and Chemical Properties: doses, indicating that kerosene is unlikely to
Boiling point: 150掳C cause skin cancer in the absence of long-term
Vapor pressure: 0.1 mm Hg at 37.8掳C (as continued skin irritation. In long-term animal
kerosene) studies with ethylene glycol butyl ether, small
Vapor density: >1 but statistically significant increases in tumors
pH: Not available were observed in mouse but not rat. The effects
Appearance: Amber liquid are not believed to be relevant to humans. If the
Odor: Kerosene-like material is handled in accordance with proper
Coefficient of water/oil distribution: Not industrial handling practices, exposures should
available not pose a carcinogenic risk to man.
Specific gravity: 1.08 Birth defects: For triclopyr BEE, birth defects
Evaporation rate: Not available are unlikely. Exposures having no effect on the
Solubility in water: Emulsifies mother should have no effect on the fetus.
Freezing point: Not available Triclopyr did not cause birth defects in animals;
Odor threshold: Not available other effects were seen in the fetus only at
doses which caused toxic effects to the mother.
10. Stability and Reactivity:
Reproductive effects: In laboratory animal
Stability: This product is combustible. Avoid
studies with triclopyr BEE, effects on
sources of ignition if temperature is near or
reproduction have been seen only at doses that
above flash point (64掳C). This product is stable
produced significant toxicity to the parent
under normal storage conditions.
animals.
Incompatibility: Acid, base and oxidizing
Mutagenicity: Results of in-vitro and animal
materials
mutagenicity studies with triclopyr BEE were
Hazardous decomposition products:
negative.
Hydrogen chloride, nitrogen oxides and
phosgene may result under fire conditions. 12. Ecological Information:
Hazardous polymerization: Will not occur Triclopyr (BEE) is considered not toxic to bees.
Triclopyr (BEE) is highly toxic to fish and aquatic
11. Toxicological Information:
invertebrates on an acute basis. Triclopyr (acid)
Skin absorption: LD50 (rabbit) is >2000 mg/kg
is slightly toxic to birds on an acute basis. Bio-
and >5000 mg/kg (rat).
concentration potential for triclopyr BEE is
Ingestion: LD50 (rat) is 1581 mg/kg (male) and
moderate. For more complete eco-toxicological
1338 mg/kg (female).
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Material Safety Data Sheet
Garlon* 4 Herbicide
*Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC - Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. is a licensed user
In case of emergency Call CANUTEC at 613 996 6666
information contact Dow AgroSciences at 800 15. Regulatory Information:
667 3852. Pest Control Products Act registration
number: 21053
Degradation and Metabolism:
For information phone: 800 667 3852
In soil: Triclopyr BEE is rapidly hydrolyzed to
Master reference: 004788
the acid form under field conditions. As the acid,
MSDS status: Revised Sections:
fairly rapid degradation of triclopyr then occurs
1. Product Identification
by microbial activity, with an average half-life of
2. Composition
46 days, depending on soil and climatic
4. First - Aid Measures
conditions. The major product of degradation is
6. Accidental Release Measures
3,5,6-trichlro-2-pyridinol (which has a half-life in
11. Toxicological Information
soil of 30 to 90 days) with smaller amounts of
Replaces MSDS dated: May 6, 2005
3,5,6-trichloro-2-methoxypyridine.
In plants: In plants, the half-life of triclopyr is 3 16. Other Information:
to 10 days. The main metabolite is 3,5,6- National Fire Code classification: Class IIIA
trichloro-2-methoxypyridine. NFPA ratings: Health: 2; Flammability: 2;
In animals: In mammals, following oral Reactivity: 1.
administration, excretion is primarily via the Notice: The information contained in this
urine as the unchanged compound. For details Material Safety Data Sheet (鈥淢SDS鈥?) is current
of minor urinary metabolites, see: C. Timchalk et as of the effective date shown in Section 1 of
al. Toxicology 1990, 62, 71. this MSDS and may be subject to amendment
by Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. (鈥淒ASCI鈥?) at
13. Disposal Considerations:
any time. DASCI accepts no liability whatsoever
Unused unwanted product: Contact Dow
which results in any way from the use of MSDS,
AgroSciences or your provincial regulatory
which are not published by DASCI, or have
agency for disposal information.
been amended without DASCI express written
Container disposal: Refer to the product label
authorization. Users of this MSDS must satisfy
for instructions regarding cleaning and disposal
themselves that they have the most recent and
of empty pesticide containers. If these
authorized version of this MSDS and shall bear
instructions are missing or not understood,
all responsibility and liability with respect thereto.
contact Dow AgroSciences at 800 667 3852 or
Any conflict or inconsistencies as to the contents
your provincial regulatory agency for direction.
of this MSDS shall be resolved in favor of
DASCI by the most recent version of the MSDS
14. Transport Information:
published by DASCI.
This product is classified as 鈥淣ot Regulated鈥?
under regulations of the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Act.
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