MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET ============================================================================================================= SUPPLIER ADDRESS: MANUFACTURER ADDRESS: LAWRASON’S INC. 460 WYECROFT ROAD, OAKVILLE, ONTARIO. L6K 2G7 PHONE NUMBER: 905-842-8300 PHONE NUMBER ============================================================================================================= PRODUCT NAME LITHIUM HYPOCHLORITE ============================================================================================================= CHEMICAL FAMILY: PRODUCT USE: POOL CHEMICAL ============================================================================================================= HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS ============================================================================================================= INGREDIENT: PERCENT: LITHIUM HYPOCHLORITE 60-100 CAS #: 13840-33-0 MMA-SAT: 1mg/plate *****THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CONTROLLED UNDER WHMIS***** ============================================================================================================= PHYSICAL DATA ============================================================================================================= PHYSICAL STATE, ODOUR & APPEARANCE: WHITE FREE-FLOWING GRANULES WITH CHLORINE ODOUR ODOUR THRESHOLD: N/AP SPECIFIC GRAVITY: N/AP COEFFICIENT OF WATER/OIL DISTRIBUTION: N/AP VAPOUR PRESSURE: N/AP BOILING POINT: N/AP FREEZING POINT: N/AP pH: EVAPORATION RATE: N/AP VOLATILES, % BY WEIGHT: 0 SOLUBILITY IN WATER: SOLUBLE ============================================================================================================= FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA ============================================================================================================= CONDITIONS OF FLAMMABILITY: NON-FLAMMABLE MEANS OF EXTINCTION: PRODUCT IS NON-FLAMMABLE BUT WILL SUPPORT COMBUSTION. FLASH POINT (METHOD): NONE SENSITIVITY TO SHOCK: NONE UPPER FLAMMABLE LIMIT %: N/AP
LOWER FLAMMABLE LIMIT: N/AP AUTO IGNITION TEMPERATURE: N/AP HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: IF HEATED CHLORINE GAS MAY BE GENERATED. ============================================================================================================= REACTIVITY DATA ============================================================================================================= STABILITY: NORMALLY STABLE, HIGH HEAT MAY CAUSE RAPID DECOMPOSITION. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: ORGANIC OR ANY OXIDIZABLE MATERIALS, ACIDS AND AMMONIA CONDITIONS OF REACTIVITY: NONE HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: TOXIC FUMES OF CHLORINE GAS AND LI2O ============================================================================================================= TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES ============================================================================================================= ***ACUTE EFFECTS*** INHALATION: IF FUMES ARE INVOLVED CAN CAUSE SERIOUS EFFECTS INCLUDING UPPER RESPIRATORY IRRITATION CAUSING POSSIBLE INFECTION, PULMONARY EDEMA AND PNEUMONIA. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE GAS AT LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 1000 ppm CAN LEAD TO DEATH. THIS SITUATION WILL OCCUR IF CHLORINE GAS IS EVOLVED DUE TO ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO AN INCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL. UNDER NORMAL USE THIS WILL NOT OCCUR. SKIN CONTACT: IRRITATION OF THE SKIN MAY CAUSE MILD LESIONS IF NOT TREATED. EYE CONTACT: SEVERE IRRITATION TO THE EYE. MAY LEAD TO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY BLINDNESS IF NOT TREATED PROMPTLY. INGESTION: SEVERE IRRITATION TO THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. POSSIBLE LEISIONS TO THE ESOPHAGEOUS IF NOT TREATED PROMPTLY. ***CHRONIC EFFECTS*** CARCINOGENICITY: NONE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: NONE SENSITIZATION: N/AV TOXICOLOGICALLY SYNERGISTIC PRODUCTS: NONE ============================================================================================================= FIRST AID ============================================================================================================= INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION IF VICTIM IS NOT BREATHING OR IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT. SKIN CONTACT: WASH OFF AFFECTED AREA WITH SOAP AND WATER. IF IRRITATION PERSISTS CONTACT A PHYSICIAN. EYE CONTACT: FLUSH THE EYE WITH WARM WATER FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES. CONTACT A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. INGESTION: DO NO INDUCE VOMITING.ADMINISTER PLENTY OF WATER TO DILUTE AND CONTACT A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. ============================================================================================================= PREVENTATIVE MEASURES ============================================================================================================= SPILL, LEAK OR RELEASE: SWEEP UP AND DISPOSE ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. WASTE DISPOSAL: CONTACT LOCAL, PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. ***PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT*** RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT: NONE NECESSARY UNDER NORMAL USE CONDITIONS. VENTILATION: LOCAL EXHAUST NORMALLY SUFFICENT PROTECTIVE GLOVES: RUBBER OR NEOPRENE GLOVES RECOMMENDED. EYE PROTECTION: SAFETY GLASSES REQUIRED OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: NONE ***STORAGE AND HANDLING PROCEDURES*** HANDLING PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT: HANDLE ACCORDING TO SAFE PRACTICES. STORAGE PROCEDURES: STORE IN A COOL DRY AREA AWAY FROM ORGANIC MATERIALS AND ACIDIC MATERIALS. SPECIAL SHIPPING INFORMATION: ============================================================================================================= PREPARATION INFORMATION ============================================================================================================= PREPARED BY: LAWRASON’S INC. TELEPHONE NUMBER: 905-842-8300 PREPARATION DATE: JULY 12, 1990 REVISED: JANUARY 01, 2010 ============================================================================================================= ADDITIONAL NOTES AND REFERENCES: ABBREVIATIONS: N/AV: NOT AVAILABLE N/AP: NOT APPLICABLE ACGIH: AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS TLV: THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE NIOSH: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY TDG: TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS REFERENCES: THE DATA CONTAINED IN THIS MSDS IS CONSIDERED TRUE AND ACCURATE BASED ON PUBLISHED SOURCES. HOWEVER, LAWRASON’S POOL PRODUCTS INC. MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, OR THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE THEREOF. =============================================================================================================
Research Activities: Mr Mark Gaston Research Experience: (i) University (student): Commenced medical research during the BA (Hons) Medical Sciences degree completed at Cambridge University. During this a pharmacology research project was carried out in Parke-Davis Neuroscience Research Centre. Experience was gained in literature review, medical statistics, frozen section histology,
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