Section 1 - CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

KODAK FLEXICOLOR PROCESSING KIT DEVELOPER PART C

NFPA

PRODUCT USE

Part C developer of a professional colour film photographic processing solution.

SYNONYMS

Part-C, "professional colour film photographic processing solution", 415-5297, PCD-6200,
Flexicolour

Section 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CANADIAN WHMIS SYMBOLS

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

RISK

Harmful if swallowed.
Causes burns.
Risk of serious damage to eyes.
May cause SENSITIZATION by skin contact.
Toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long- term adverse effects in the aquatic
environment.

POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS

ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS

SWALLOWED

  Accidental ingestion of the material may be harmful; animal experiments indicate that ingestion of less than 150 gram may be fatal or may produce serious damage to the health of the individual.  The material can produce chemical burns within the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract following ingestion.  Considered an unlikely route of entry in commercial/industrial environments.  

EYE

  The material can produce chemical burns to the eye following direct contact. Vapors or mists may be extremely irritating.  If applied to the eyes, this material causes severe eye damage.  The material may produce moderate eye irritation leading to inflammation. Repeated or prolonged exposure to irritants may produce conjunctivitis.  

SKIN

  The material can produce chemical burns following direct contactwith the skin.  Sensitization may result in allergic dermatitis responses includingrash, itching, hives or swelling of extremities.  Sensitization may give severe responses to very low levels of exposure, i.e. hypersensitivity. Sensitized persons should not be allowed to work in situations where exposure may occur.  The material may cause skin irritation after prolonged or repeated exposure and may produce on contact skin redness, swelling, the production of vesicles, scaling and thickening of the skin.  

INHALED

  If inhaled, this material can irritate the throat andlungs of some persons.  The material may produce respiratory tract irritation, and result in damage to the lung including reduced lung function.  

CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS

  Skin contact with the material is more likely to cause a sensitization reaction in some persons compared to the general population.  

  Primary route of exposure is usually by skin contact/eye contact.  Workers developed allergic contact dermatitis from the colour developer CD4  and a cross-allergy between other chemically related developers. [CISDOC]  Colour developing agents are suspected to give rise to occupational  dermatoses with the clinical course of the condition closely related to  exposure; the dermatoses generally disappear when exposure ceases and  reappear if exposure reoccurs. When human subjects are patch-tested to the  substance a significant percentage react positively. Biopsies taken from  the test site confirmed a lichen planus (or -like) dermatitis.(1)  (1). Liden C; Bremer Andersson E: Acta Dermato-Venereologica; 68:514-22, 88