SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP -- GIEMSA STAIN SOLUTION, 0HS41046  -- 6550-00N089777
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:GIEMSA STAIN SOLUTION, 0HS41046
MSDS Date:11/06/1991
FSC:6550
NIIN:00N089777
Status Code:A
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP
Address:14422 SOUTH SAN PEDRO ST
City:GARDENA
State:CA
ZIP:90248
Country:US
Info Phone Num:310-516-8000
Emergency Phone Num:800-414-9300(CHEMTREC)
CAGE:63415
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:SPECTRUM LABORATORY PRODUCTS INC
Address:14422 S SAN PEDRO ST
Box:City:GARDENA
State:CA
ZIP:90248-2027
Country:US
Phone:310-516-8000/FAX: 310-516-9843
CAGE:63415

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:GLYCERIN.  LD50: (ORAL, RAT) 12600 MG/KG.
CAS:56-81-5
RTECS #:MA8050000
Fraction by Wt: 61%
OSHA PEL:15 MG/M3 (MIST)
ACGIH TLV:10 MG/M3 (MIST)

Ingred Name:METHYL ALCOHOL (SARA 313) (CERCLA).  LD50: (ORAL, RAT) 5628
    MG/KG.
CAS:67-56-1
RTECS #:PC1400000
Fraction by Wt: 38.3%
OSHA PEL:200 PPM, S
ACGIH TLV:200 PPM; 250 STEL, S
EPA Rpt Qty:5000 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:5000 LBS

Ingred Name:AZURE II
CAS:37247-10-2
Fraction by Wt: 0.16%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:AZURE II
CAS:53092-85-6
Fraction by Wt: 0.6%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:SUPDAT: MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS IF TANK, RAIL CAR/TANK TRUCK
    INVOLVED IN FIRE. EXTING ONLY IF FLOW CAN BE STOPPED.(ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5: USE FLOODING AMTS OF WATER AS FOG; SOLID STREAMS MAY
    BE INEFTIVE. COOL CNTNRS W/FLOODING AMTS OF WATER (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: FROM AS FAR A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. AVOID BRTHG
    VAPS; KEEP UPWIND.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: SKIN W/SUBSEQUENT IRRIT & REDNESS.
    ALLERGIC RXNS RARE BUT MAY OCCUR IN SENSITIVE PERS. METHANOL:(ING
    9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8:CNTCT W/LIQ MAY CAUSE IRRIT. ABSORPTION MAY OCCUR &
    CAUSE METABOLIC ACIDOSIS & EFTS ON EYES & CNS AS WITH (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9:ACUTE INGEST. EYE:GLYCERIN:APPLICATN IN HUMAN EYE MAY
    CAUSE STRONG STING & BURN SENSATION W/REFLEX TEARING(ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10:& DILATION OF CONJ VESSELS, BUT NO INJURY.
    INSTILLATION INTO ANTERIOR CHAMBER RSLTD IN INFLAM RXN & EDEMA(ING
    12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: OF CORNEA W/WRINKLING OF POSTERIOR SURF & DMG OF
    ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. METHANOL:VAPS MAY CAUSE IRRIT. HIGH (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12: CONCS REPORTED TO CAUSE VIOLENT INFLAM OF CONJ &
    EPITHELIAL DEFECTS ON CORNEA. MILD IRRIT MAY OCCUR WITH(ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: DILUTE SOLNS. INGEST:GLYCERIN: 100ML RSLTD IN HDCH,
    NAUS & VOMIT; DIGEST TRACT IRRIT, INSOM, DIZZ, DIARR(ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: & FEVER. LG DOSES MAY CAUSE HEMOLYSIS,
    HEMOGLOBINURIA, HYPERGLYCEMIA, GLYCOSORIA, CONVLS, RENAL
    FAILURE,(ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: PARALYSIS. MAY LOWER INTRAOCULAR PRESS & CAUSE
    HYPOVOLEMIA. RPTS OF REPRO EFTS IN ANIMALS. METHANOL:MAY (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: CAUSE MILD & TRANSIENT INEBRIATION & SUBSEQUENT
    DROW W/ASYMPTOMATIC PERIOD LASTING 8-48 HRS. AFTER DELAY(ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17: COUGH, DYSPNEA, HDCH, DULLNESS, WEAK, VERTIGO/DIZZ,
    NAUS, VOMIT, OCCASNL DIARR, ANOREXIA, VIOLENT PAIN (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: IN BACK, ABDOMEN & EXTREMITIES, RESTLESSNESS,
    APATHY/DELIURIM & RARELY EXCITMENT & MANIA. RAPID, SHALLOW(ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: RESPIRATION, COLD & CLAMMY SKIN, HYPOTENSION,
    CYANOSIS, MILD TACHYCARDIA, CARD DEPRESS, CEREBRAL & PULM (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: EDEMA, UNCON, COMA. EYE EFTS:BLINDNESS POSS.
    CHRONIC: EFTS AS IN ACUTE INGEST. SKIN:ERYTHEMA, SCALES & (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21: ECZEMATOID DERM. METABOLIC ACIDOSIS. EYES:CONJ.
    INGEST:VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. CONTACT NEHC FOR MORE INFO .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS (AT LST 15-20
    MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST:TREAT SYMP & (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN & ADVICE ON WHETHER TO
    USE GASTRIC LAVAGE. USE EXTREME CARE TO PVNT ASPIR. (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: CUFFED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE USED BY QUALIFIED MED PERS
    MAY BE ADVISIBLE. KEEP HEAD LOWER THAN HIPS TO PVNT ASPIR.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:SEE INGREDIENTS
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE:INHAL:NOT LIKELY HAZ AT NORM
    ROOM TEMPS. VAP/MIST IN SUFFICIENT CONCS MAY INTERFERE W/RESP FUNC.
    AT ELEVATED TEMPS FUME MAY CAUSE IRRIT & DEHYDRATION OF MUC MEMBS.
    METHANOL: NARCOTIC/NEUROTOXIN.  25,000 PPM IDLH. MAY CAUSE MUC MEMB
    IRIT, COUGH, OPRESSION IN CHEST, TRACHEITIS, BRONCH, TINNITUS,
    (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: UNSTEADY GAIT, TWITCH, COLIC,
    CONSTIP, NYSTAGMUS & BLEPHAROSPASM. OCCUP EXPOS SYMPS INCL
    PARESTHESIAS, NUMB & SHOOTING PAINS IN HANDS & FOREARMS. METABOLIC
    ACIDOSIS & EYE & CNS EFTS MAY OCCU R AS W/INGEST. SKIN:APPLICATN OF
    CONCENTRATED GLYCERIN MAY CAUSE EFTS RANGING FROM MILD IRRIT TO
    DEHYDRATION OF (ING 8)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:AT INCREASED RISK FROM EXPOSURE:
    PERSONS WITH KIDNEY, EYE OR SKIN DISORDERS.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG STOPS PERFORM ARTF
    RESP. KEEP WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMP & SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN
    IMMED. SKIN:REMOVE CONTAM CLTHG & SHOES IMMED. WASH AFFECTED AREA
    W/SOAP  OR MILD DETERGENT & LG AMTS OF WATER UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM
    REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. EYE:WASH IMMED W/LG
    AMTS OF WATER/NORM SALINE, OCCASNLY LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS (ING
    23)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point Method:CC
Flash Point:61.0F,16.1C
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEM, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER
    SPRAY/ALCOHOL-RESIST FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY,
    FOG/ALCOHOL-RESIST FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . MOVE
    CNTNR FROM AREA IF YOU CAN DO IT W/OUT RISK. APPLY COOLING WATER TO
    SIDES OF CNTNRS EXPOS TO FLAMES(SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:DANGEROUS FIRE HAZ WHEN EXPOS TO
    HEAT/FLAME. VAPS ARE HVR/AIR & MAY TRAVEL CONSIDERABLE DIST TO
    IGNIT SOURCE & FLASH BACK. VAP-AIR MIXS EXPLOSIVE AVOVE FL PT.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:SHUT OFF IGNIT SOURCES. STOP LEAK IF YOU CAN
    W/OUT RISK. USE WATER SPRAY TO REDUCE VAPS. SM SPILL:TAKE UP
    W/ABSORB MATL; PLACE INTO CNTNRS FOR DISP. LG SPILL:DIKE AHEAD FOR
    LATER DISP. NO SMKNG, FLAME S, FLARES. KEEP UNNEC PERS AWAY.
    ISOLATE AREA.
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:AVOID CONTACT WITH HEAT, SPARKS,
    FLAMES OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNTION. VAPORS MAY BE EXPLOSIVE AND
    POISONOUS; DO NOT ALLOW UNNECESSARY PERS IN AREA.
Other Precautions:DO NOT OVERHEAT CONTAINERS; CONTAINERS MAY VIOLENTLY
    RUPTURE AND TRAVEL A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE IN HEAT OF FIRE.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:SPECIFIC RESP SELECTED MUST BE BASED ON CONTAM
    LEVELS FOUND IN WORK PLACE, BE BASED ON SPECIFIC OPERATION, MUST
    NOT EXCEED WORKING LIMS OF RESP & MUST BE NIOSH APPRVD. CONTACT
    NEHC FOR A LIST OF RECOM MENDED RESPIRATORS .
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST OR GENERAL DILUTION VENT TO MEET
    PUBLISHED EXPOS LIMITS. VENT EQUIP MUST BE EXPLOSION-PROOF.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    APPROP PROT (IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG TO PVNT RPTD/PRLNGD CNTCT
    W/SUBSTANCE.
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
FIRE FIGHT PROC: UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. STAY AWAY FROM ENDS OF
    TANKS. FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN CARGO AREA, USE UNMANNED HOSE
    HOLDER/MONITOR NOZZS; IF IMPOSS, W/DRAW FROM AREA & LET FIRE BURN.
    W/DRAW  IMMED IN CASE OF RISING SOUND FROM VENTING SFTY DEVICE/ANY
    DISCOLORATION OF TANK DUE TO FIRE. ISOLATE FOR 1/2 (ING 5)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:>147F,>64C
Solubility in Water:COMPLETE
Appearance and Odor:LIQUID.

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
GLYCERIN: CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE, STRONG OXIDIZERS. METHYL ALCOHOL:
    CHLORINE, LEAD. CNTCT NEHC FOR A COMPLETE LIST .
Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
    PRESSURES.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MAY RELEASE
    TOXIC AND/OR HAZARDOUS GASES.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSAL MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL,
    STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS .

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