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Npcca MSDS
Npcca MSDS
DATA SHEET
Emergency Overview
This product is irritating to the eyes, respiratory system and skin.
Potential Health Effects: Eyes
Dust or powder may irritate eye tissue.
Potential Health Effects: Skin
Dust or powder may irritate the skin.
Potential Health Effects: Ingestion
No significant adverse effects are expected upon ingestion of the product.
Potential Health Effects: Inhalation
Dusts of this product may cause irritation of the nose, throat, and respiratory tract.
Medical Conditions Aggravated by Exposure
Pre-existing respiratory, skin and eye diseases.
Potential Environmental Effects
No significant environmental effects.
HMIS Ratings: Health: 0 Fire: 0 Reactivity: 0 Pers. Prot.: B
Hazard Scale: 0 = Minimal 1 = Slight 2 = Moderate 3 = Serious 4 = Severe * = Chronic hazard
* * * Section 4 - First Aid Measures * * *
Containment Procedures
Contain the discharged material.
Clean-Up Procedures
Provide adequate ventilation. Cleanup personnel should use personal protective equipment to reduce eye
contact, inhalation of dust, and prolonged skin contact. Use vacuum equipment with HEPA filters or wet
sweeping/dust suppressant if sweeping is required. Personal safety, handling and exposure recommendations
described elsewhere in this data sheet apply to exposure during clean up of spilled material and must be
followed.
Evacuation Procedures
None necessary.
Special Procedures
No additional information available.
Exposure Guidelines
A: General Product Information
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Keep formation of airborne dusts to a minimum. Follow the ACGIH recommended exposure limit of 10 mg/m
for Particulates Not Otherwise Classified (PNOC).
B: Component Exposure Limits
ACGIH, OSHA, and NIOSH have not developed exposure limits for any of this product's components.
Engineering Controls
Provide adequate local exhaust ventilation to maintain worker exposure below exposure limits.
Chemical Stability
Stable under normal conditions.
Chemical Stability: Conditions to Avoid
Avoid contact with acids.
Incompatibility
Calcium Carbonate ignites on contact with fluorine. It is incompatible with acids, alum, ammonium salts, and
mercury/hydrogen mixtures.
Hazardous Decomposition
Thermal oxidative decomposition of calcium carbonate can produce calcium oxide.
Hazardous Polymerization
Will not occur.
Ecotoxicity
A: General Product Information
This material is not expected to be harmful to aquatic life.
B: Component Analysis - Ecotoxicity - Aquatic Toxicity
No ecotoxicity data are available for this product's components.
Environmental Fate
This material shows no bioaccumulation or food chain concentration toxicity potential.