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Hazards Identification

Pictogram(s):

Signal:

Danger

GHS Hazard Statements:

H225: Highly Flammable liquid and vapor [Danger Flammable liquids]

Precautionary Statement Codes:

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P280, P303+P361+P353, P370+P378, P403+P235, and P501

Hazard Classes and Categories:

Flam. Liq. 2
Flam. Liq. 2 (99.98%)
Eye Irrit. 2 (34.9%)
STOT SE 2 (10.21%)
Eye Irrit. 2 (100%)
Aquatic Chronic 3 (100%)
Skin Irrit. 2 (100%)
Flammable liquid - category 2
Eye irritation - category 2A
Flammable liquids - Category 2
Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2B
Carcinogenicity - Category 1A
Reproductive toxicity - Category 1A
Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposure - Category 3 (respiratory tract irritation, narcotic effects)
Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposure - Category 1 (liver), Category 2 (central nervous system)
Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 1B
Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposure - Category 3 (Respiratory tract irritation, Narcotic effects)
Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2A-2B
Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposure - Category 1 (liver), Category 2 (nervous system)
Carcinogens, Mutagens, Teratogens, Flammable - 3rd degree

Hazards Summary:

Drinking alcoholic beverages is a known human carcinogen listed by the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP). Alcohol consumption causes cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, colorectum, liver (hepatocellular carcinoma) and female breast. [Reference #2] That ethyl alcohol is unlikely to be an occupational carcinogen is reflected by its classification as 5 by MAC. MAC defines 5 as, Substances with carcinogenic and genotoxic effects, the potency of which is considered to be so low that, provided the MAK and BAT values are observed, no significant contribution to human cancer risk is to be expected. Drinking alcoholic beverages is also a reproductive hazard, causing fetal alcohol syndrome. Low level occupational exposures are not likely to harm the fetus. [Frazier, p. 175-7] Inhalation of high concentrations can cause CNS depression; An eye and respiratory tract irritant; [ICSC] Suspected germ cell mutagen (3B); [MAK] Causes non-immunological contact urticaria; [Kanerva, p. 219]