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: INHALATION: IRRITATION TO THE RESPIRATORY
TRACT. ABNORMAL LIVER/KIDNEY FUNCTION & JAUNDICE CAN OCCUR. EYES:
IRRITATION. SKIN: IRRITATION & DERMATITIS. DIMETHYL ACETAMIDE IS ABSORBED
W/SYSTEMIC EFFECTS. INGESTION: CAN CAUSE GI TRACT DISCOMFO RT. CNS DEPRESSION.
EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE LIVER & KIDNEY DAMAGE.
Medical Conditions Aggravated by Overexposure: EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS W/DISEASE OF
THE LIVER & KIDNEY, SUSCEPTIBLE TO DERMATITIS.
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FIRST AID
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INHALATION: IMMEDIATELY REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. GIVE MOUTH TO MOUTH RESCUE
BREATHING/CPR. EYES: RINSE W/COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR 15 MINS. SKIN: FLUSH
THOROUGHLY FOR 15 MINS. WASH W/SOAP & WATER. INGESTION: NEVER INDUCE
VOMITING/GIVE ANYTHI NG BY MOUTH TO A UNCONSCIOUS/CONVULSIVE PERSON. OBTAIN
MEDICAL ATTENTION IN ALL CASES.
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FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES
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Flash Point Text: 145.4F
Auto Ignition Temperature Text:
Lower Limits: 1.8 Upper Limits: 11.5
Extinguishing Media: CO2, DRY CHEMICAL, FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures: WEAR FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING & SCBA. KEEP
FIRE-EXPOSED CONTAINERS COOL W/WATER SPRAY.
Unusal Fire/Explosion Hazard: HEAT WILL BUILD PRESSURE & MAY RUPTURE CLOSED
STORAGE CONTAINERS. AUTOIGNITION TEMP. 914F. IS COMBUSTIBILE.
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RELEASE MEASURES
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Spill Release Procedures: PROTECT FROM IGNITION. WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING &
USE APPROVED RESPIRATOR EQUIPMENT. ABSORB MATERIAL IN AN ABSORBENT RECOMMENDED
FOR SOLVENTS & REMOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION FOR DISPOSAL.
Neutralizing Agent: N/K
Waste Disposal Methods: DISPOSE OF IAW/FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL REGULATIONS.
NA 1993.
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HANDLING AND STORAGE
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STORE IN A PROTECTED & SECURED TOXIC STORAGE ROOM. AVOID OPEN CONTAINERS
& POOR VENTILATION.
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DISPOSAL
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DISPOSE OF IAW/FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL REGULATIONS. NA 1993.
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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