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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />STABILITY (THERMAL, LIGHT, ETC.): Stable. <br />CONDITIONS TO AVOID: Heat, sparks, flame and build up of static <br />electricity. <br />INCOMPATIBILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID): Strong oxidizers. <br />HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: Product does not decompose at ambient <br />temperatures. <br />HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: Will not occur. <br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />11. TOXICOLOGICAL DATA <br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />---ACUTE TOXICOLOGY--- <br />ORAL TOXICITY (RATS): Practically non-toxic (LD50: greater than 2000 <br />mg/kg).---Based on testing of similar products and/or the <br />components. <br />DERMAL TOXICITY (RABBITS): Practically non-toxic (LD50: greater than <br />2000 mg/kg).---Based on testing of similar products and/or the <br />components. <br />INHALATION TOXICITY (RATS): Harmful (LC50: greater than 2 but 5 mg/l or <br />less).---Based on testing of similar products and/or the <br />components. <br />EYE IRRITATION (RABBITS): Practically non-irritating. (Draize score: 0 <br />or greater but 6 or less).---Based on testing of similar products <br />and/or the components. <br />SKIN IRRITATION (RABBITS): Practically non-irritating. (Primary <br />Irritation Index: greater than 0.5 but less than 3).---Based on <br />testing of similar products and/or the components. <br />OTHER ACUTE TOXICITY DATA: H2S acts as a chemical asphyxiant, preventing <br />the body from utilizing oxygen in the tissue. It can be irritating <br />to the eyes at 10 ppm and to the respiratory tract at 50-100 ppm <br />after 1-hour exposure. Sufficiently high concentrations can result <br />in immediate collapse and death. <br />---CHRONIC TOXICOLOGY (SUMMARY)--- <br />***Skin tumorigenicity: Positive in mice. Experiments to assess the <br />skin cancer potential of crude oil produced mixed results. Some <br />crudes produced skin tumors in mice, following long term, repeated <br />exposures, while other crudes produced no tumors. IARC has examined <br />the full body of data and concluded that crude oil is not <br />classifiable as to its carcinogenicity (Cat.3), based on the limited <br />evidence in animals. Prolonged repeated skin contact with low <br />viscosity materials may defat the skin resulting in possible <br />irritation and dermatitis. <br />---OTHER TOXICOLOGY DATA--- <br />Repeated exposures to low levels of benzene (50-500 ppm) have been <br />reported to result in blood abnormalities including anemia and, in <br />rare cases, leukemia in both animals and humans. Benzene has also <br />caused damage to the fetus of test animals in developmental studies. <br />Benzene has tested positive (mutagenic) in a number of short-term <br />cancer/mutation predicative tests. Prolonged exposure to n-hexane <br />may result in a condition known as peripheral neuropathy. This is <br />nervoussystem damage and is characterized by numbness of the <br />extremities and, in extreme cases, paralysis. Crude oils may <br />contain low levels of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs), some of <br />which, when made available by dilution with solvents or oils, and <br /> <br />