HAZARD
IDENTIFICATION
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Route Of Entry Inds - Inhalation: YES Skin: YES Ingestion: YES
Carcinogenicity Inds - NTP: NO IARC: NO OSHA: NO
Health Hazards Acute And Chronic: SOLUBLE BARIUM SALTS SUCH AS CHLORIDE &
SULFIDE ARE POISONOUS WHEN TAKEN BY MOUTH. FEW CASES OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMIC
POISONING HAVE BEEN REPORTED, BUT ONE INVESTIGATOR DESCRIBES A FATAL CASE OF
POISONING ATTRIBUTED TO BARIUM OXIDE, THE SYMPT OMS BEING SEV ABDOMINAL PAIN
W/VOMITING, DYSPNOEA, RAPID PULSE(EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity: NOT RELEVANT.
Signs and Symptoms of Overexposure: HLTH HAZ: PARALYSIS OF ARM & LEG &
EVENTUALLY CYANOSIS & DEATH. THE SAME INVESTIGATOR PRDCED PARALYSIS IN
ANIMALS W/BARIUM OXIDE & CARBONATE. THE USUAL RSLT OF EXPOS TO SULFIDE,
OXIDE & CARBONATE IS IRRIT OF EYES, NOSE & THROAT & SKIN, PRDC G
DERM. SALTS ARE SOMEWHAT CAUSTIC. IRRITANT. POISONOUS.
Medical Conditions Aggravated by Overexposure: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
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FIRST AID
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SKIN:RINSE LIBERALLY W/SOAP & WATER FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD. IN CASE OF
GENL DISORDERS CALL MD/MOVE PATIENT TO HOSP. INGEST:IF W/IN 15 MINS AFTER
OCCUR, MAKE PATIENT DRINK 1-2 GLASSES OF WATER. INDUCE VOMIT. ALWAYS CALL MD.
MOVE PATIENT T O HOSP IMMED. EYES:RINSE LIBERALLY W/WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINS.
SEND/BRING PATIENT TO MD/HOSP. INHAL: TAKE PATIENT TO FRESH AIR & ALLOW TO REST.
ALWAYS (ING 2)
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FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES
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Flash Point Text: N/K
Auto Ignition Temperature Text:
Lower Limits: N/K Upper Limits: N/K
Extinguishing Media: WATER OR FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures: WEAR NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT(FP N). FIRE HAZ: MODERATE, BY CHEMICAL REACTION; POWERFUL OXIDIZER.
Unusal Fire/Explosion Hazard: MOD, WHEN SHOCKED/EXPOS TO HEAT/BY CHEM RXN.
PERCHLORATES, WHEN MIX W/CARBONACEOUS MATL, FORM EXPLO MIXS. THEY ARE
CONSDIERED A FIRE & EXPLO HAZ WHEN (SUPDAT)
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RELEASE MEASURES
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Spill Release Procedures: SWEEP INTO SUITABLE CONTAINER FOR DISPOSAL.
Neutralizing Agent: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Waste Disposal Methods: INCINERATE OR LANDFILL AS COMPLIES WITH LOCAL, STATE
& FEDERAL LAWS.
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HANDLING AND STORAGE
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PERCHLORATES ARE UNSTABLE MATERIALS & ARE IRRITATING TO SKIN & MUCOUS
MEMBRANES WHEREVER THEY COME IN CONTACT. AVOID SKIN CONT W/THESE MATERIALS.
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DISPOSAL
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INCINERATE OR LANDFILL AS COMPLIES WITH LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL LAWS.
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REGULATORY
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SARA Title III: N/P
Federal Regulatory: N/P
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OTHER
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Mfgs. & Exporters: Laboratory Reagents, Fine Chemicals,
Analytical Reagents & Dehydrated Culture Media