Section 1 - CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

WHITELAW PER-POL

NFPA

PRODUCT USE

Used in combination with an acid for pickling, etching or chemical polishing of copper,
brass and other copper base alloys. Also used for de- oxidizing and desmutting of
aluminium.

SYNONYMS

"Per Pol", Perpol, "hydrogen peroxide solution, stabilised", "Per-Pol pickling solution"

Section 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CANADIAN WHMIS SYMBOLS

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

RISK

Contact with combustible material may cause fire.
Harmful if swallowed.
Risk of serious damage to eyes.
Irritating to respiratory system and skin.

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.  Considered an unlikely route of entry in commercial/industrial environments.  

EYE

  If applied to the eyes, this material causes severe eye damage.  

SKIN

  This material can cause inflammation of the skin oncontact in some persons.  Skin contact is not thought to have harmful health effects, however the material may still produce health damage following entry through wounds, lesions or abrasions.  

INHALED

  If inhaled, this material can irritate the throat andlungs of some persons.  Although inhalation is not thought to produce harmful effects, the material may still produce health damage, especially where pre-existing organ (e.g. liver, kidney) damage is evident. Present definitions of harmful or toxic substances are generally confined to doses producing mortality (death) rather than those producing morbidity (disease, ill-  health).  

CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS

  Principal routes of exposure are skin and eye contact, and  inhalation.  Skin contact will cause bleaching and possible ulceration of the skin and  damage to hair.  Contact with the eyes can cause corneal ulcerations, which may not appear for  up to a week after exposure.  Inhalation of excessive levels of vapour may result in headache, dizziness,  vomiting, diarrhoea, pulmonary oedema, irritability and insomnia.  Severe systemic poisoning can cause tremors and numbness of the extremities,  convulsions, unconsciousness and shock.  Ingestion may cause injury to the mouth and throat, nausea, vomiting and  possibly internal bleeding. Rapid evolution of oxygen within the stomach may  cause severe organ damage.