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415 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
January 8, 1988 Tel: 617-547-8900
Cathy Bazylinski
S. Yarmouth Board of Health
1146 Route 28
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Dear Ms. Bazylinski:
Enclosed you will find MSDS form for
formaldehyde solution.
A copy of this form has also been sent to
Dr. Kenneth Boyd at the Yarmouth Medical
Center.
If I may be of further assistance in this
matter, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Robert E. Meehan ; !�
Laboratory Director REM/clk
encl.
JAN 1 9 1988
**FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION, 37%** PAGE 01 OF 06
**FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION, 37'/.**
**FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION, 37%**
**FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION, 37'/.**
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET 0,
FISHER SCIENTIFIC EMERGENCY CONTACTS DATE: 02/04/86
CHEMICAL DIVISION GASTON L. PILLORI PO NBR: N/A p�n
1 REAGENT LANE (201) 796-7100 ACCT: 080387-01 L�.1
FAIR LAWN NJ 07410 INDEX: 10-8603-10253
(201) 796-7100 CAT NO: F79P20 ppL
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THE INFORMATION BELOW IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE AND REPRESENTS THE BEST Q
INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO US. HOWEVER, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OF Efg
MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH INFORMATION, AND WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY RESULTING FROM ITS USE. USERS
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INFORMATION FOR THEIR PARTICULAR PURPOSES.
SUBSTANCE IDENTIFICATION
CAS-NUMBER 50-00-0
SUBSTANCE: **FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION, 37%**
TRADE NAMES/SYNONYMS: FORMALIN; FORMIC ALDEHYDE; FORMOL; METHANAL;
METHYL ALDEHYDE; METHYLENE GLYCOL;METHYLENE OXIDE;
TETRAOXYMETHYLENE; OXOMETHANE; OXYMETHYLENE; F-79;
F-79-P
CHEMICAL FAMILY:
ALDEHYDE, ALIPHATIC
MOLECULAR FORMULA: C-H2-0 MOL WT: 30.03
CERCLA RATINGS (SCALE 0-3): HEALTH=2 FIRE=2 REACTIVITY=0 PERSISTENCE=0
COMPONENTS AND CONTAMINANTS
PERCENT: 37 COMPONENT: FORMALDEHYDE
PERCENT: 15 COMPONENT: METHANOL
PERCENT: 48 COMPONENT: WATER
—OTHER CONTAMINANTS: NONE
EXPOSURE LIMITS-
FORMALDEHYDE: 3 PPM OSHA CEILING;
2 PPM ACGIH CEILING (BUT SEE NOTICE OF INTENDED CHANGE TO 1 PPM
WITH ADDITION OF SUSPECT HUMAN CARCINOGEN RATING)
PHYSICAL DATA
-DESCRIPTION: COLORLESS LIQUID WITH A PUNGENT ODOR.
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**FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION, 37%** PAGE 02 OF 06
BOILING POINT: 214 F (101 C) SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.08 PH: 2.8 - 4.0
SOLUBILITY IN WATER: MISCIBLE ~
SOLVENT SOLUBILITY: SOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL, AND ACETONE ODOR THRESHOLD: 1.0 PPM
VAPOR DENSITY: 1.04 d
FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA
FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD:
MODERATE FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT OR FLAME.
VAPOR-AIR MIXTURES ARE EXPLOSIVE ABOVE FLASH POINT.
REACTION OF FORMALDEHYDE WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE, NITROMETHANE, PERCHLORIC ACID
AND ANILINE, OR PEROXYFORMIC ACID YIELDS EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS.
FLASH POINT: 130 F (54 C) UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT: 73%
LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT: 7% AUTOIGNITION TEMP. : 806 F (430 C)
FLAMMABILITY CLASS(OSHA): II
FIREFIGHTING MEDIA:
DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY OR FOAM
(1984 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.3) .
FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR ALCOHOL FOAM
(1984 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.3) .
FIREFIGHTING:
MOVE CONTAINER FROM FIRE AREA IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT GET WATER INSIDE CONTAINER.
COOL FIRE-EXPOSED CONTAINERS WITH WATER FROM SIDE UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS
OUT. WITHDRAW IMMEDIATELY IN CASE OF RISING SOUND FROM VENTING SAFETY DEVICE
OR ANY DISCOLORATION OF STORAGE TANK DUE TO FIRE (1984 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.3) .
EXTINGUISH ONLY IF FLOW CAN BE STOPPED; USE WATER IN FLOODING AMOUNTS AS FOG,
SOLID STREAMS MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE. COOL CONTAINERS WITH FLOODING
QUNATITIES OF WATER; APPLY FROM AS FAR A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. AVOID BREATHING
HAZARDOUS VAPORS OR DUSTS, KEEP UPWIND (BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES, EMERGENCY
--HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, 1981) .
ALCOHOL FOAM (NFPA FIRE PROTECTION GUIDE ON HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, EIGHTH
EDITION) .
STOP FLOW OF GAS (NFPA FIRE PROTECTION GUIDE ON HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, EIGHTH
EDITION) .
TRANSPORTATION DATA
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAZARD CLASSIFICATION 49CFR172.101:
ORM-A
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LABELING REQUIREMENTS 49CFR172.101 AND 172.402:
NONE
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TOXICITY
36 MG/KG ORAL-WOMAN LDLO; 8 PPM INHALATION-HUMAN TCLO; 800 MG/KG ORAL-RAT
LD50; 590 MG/KG INHALATION-RAT LC50; 270 MG/KG SKIN-RABBIT LD50; MUTAGENIC
DATA (RTECS); REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA (RTECS); DEFINITE ANIMAL CARCINOGEN
(IARC); INDEFINITE HUMAN CARCINOGEN (IARC, NTP) . FORMALDEHYDE HAS CAUSED
SQUAMOS CELL CARCINOMAS OF THE NASAL CAVATIES IN RATS. THE EVIDENCE FOR
CARCINOGENICITY IN HUMANS IS INADEQUATE.
FORMALDEHYDE IS AN EYE, MUCOUS MEMBRANE, AND SKIN IRRITANT. IT IS ALSO A
SKIN AND RESPIRATORY SENSITIZER.
HEALTH EFFECTS AND FIRST AID
INHALATION:
TOXIC/IRRITANT. 100 PPM (FORMALDEHYDE) IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR HEALTH
ACUTE EXPOSURE- FORMALDEHYDE IN VAPORS OR MIST AT CONCENTRATIONS OF 1 PPM
CAUSE MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION WITH TEARING AND
MILD TINGLING SENSATIONS IN THE NOSE AND THROAT. HIGH CONCENTRATIONS MAY
CAUSE COUGH, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, WEAKNESS, PALPITATION, DYSPNEA, BURNING OF
THE NOSE AND THROAT, BRONCHITIS, PULMONARY EDEMA, PNEUMONITIS AND DEATH.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- MAY CAUSE MUCOUS MEMBRANE IRRITATION. THERE IS EVIDENCE
THAT SUGGESTS THAT CHRONIC FORMALDEHYDE INHALATION MAY PROMOTE THE
FORMATION OF SQUAMOUS CELL NASAL CARCINOMAS, AND MAY CAUSE CIRRHOSIS OF
THE LIVER AND CHRONIC HEART DISEASE. SEE HUMAN AND ANIMAL CARCINOGENIC AND
ANIMAL MUTAGENIC, REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS, AND TUMORIGENIC REFERENCES IN
TOXICITY SECTION. FORMALDEHYDE CAUSES RESPIRATORY TRACT SENSITIZATION.
FIRST AID- REMOVE FROM EXPOSURE AREA TO FRESH AIR IMMEDIATELY. IF BREATHING
HAS STOPPED, PERFORM ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. KEEP AFFECTED PERSON WARM AND
AT REST. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
SKIN CONTACT:
IRRITANT.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- MAY CAUSE IRRITATION. SENSITIZATION DERMATITIS MAY OCCUR IN
PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED WORKERS. LESIONS MAY OCCUR DUE TO A SUDDEN ECZEMATOUS
REACTION ON THE EYELIDS, FACE, NECK, SCROTUM, AND FLEXOR SURFACE OF THE
WHICH MAY COME ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE. ECZEMATOUS REACTIONS MAY
- ALSO OCCUR AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE HANDS, WRISTS, FOREARMS, AND
PARTS OF THE BODY THAT ARE EXPOSED TO FRICTION FROM CLOTHING. SHRINKING OF
THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES, AND NECROSIS MAY OCCUR.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- REPEATED OR PROLONGED CONTACT MAY CAUSE HARDENING AND
CRACKING OF THE SKIN, AND SENSITIZATION DERMATITIS.
FIRST AID- REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES IMMEDIATELY. WASH AFFECTED
- AREA WITH SOAP OR MILD DETERGENT AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER UNTIL NO
EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL REMAINS (APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES) . GET MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
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EYE CONTACT: QM
IRRITANT.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- FORMALDEHYDE VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE IRRITATION AND MILD
LACRIMATION. CONCENTRATIONS OF 10 PPM CAN BE WITHSTOOD FOR ONLY A FEW
MINUTES AND CAUSES PROFUSE LACRIMATION IN ALL SUBJECTS. OCCULAR DAMAGE HAS M
BEEN STATED TO RESULT WITH EXPOSURE TO FORMALDEHYDE VAPORS. SOLUTIONS OF
25-44'/. SPLASHED IN THE EYES MAY CAUSE BURNS, SEVERE INJURY AND CORNEAL
DAMAGE.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- MAY CAUSE CONJUNCTIVITIS.
FIRST AID- WASH EYES IMMEDIATELY WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER, OCCASIONALLY
LIFTING UPPER AND LOWER LIDS, UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL REMAINS
(APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES) . GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
INGESTION:
TOXIC/IRRITANT. `_
ACUTE EXPOSURE- MAY CAUSE BURNING IN THE MOUTH AND ESOPHAGUS, NAUSEA AND
VOMITING, SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIARRHEA, VERTIGO, ANURIA, UNCONSCIOUS-
NESS, JAUNDICE, ALBUMINURIA, HEMATURIA, ACIDOSIS,AND CONVULSIONS. LIVER
AND KIDNEY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. DEATH OCCURS FROM CIRCULATORY FAILURE. A MEAN
FATAL DOSE IS ABOUT 2 OUNCES (60 76) OF 37Z SOLUTION.
FIRST AID- IF VICTIM IS CONSCIOUS AND NOT CONVULSIVE, IMMEDIATELY GIVE 2 TO
4 GLASSES OF WATER, AND INDUCE VOMITING BY TOUCHING FINGER TO BACK OF
THROAT. FROM SITTING POSITION, HEAD MUST BE LOWER THAN HIPS TO PREVENT
ASPIRATION. KEEP PATIENT WARM AND AT REST. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION
IMMEDIATELY.
REACTIVITY
REACTIVITY:
STABLE AT ORDINARY PRESSURES UP TO THE BOILING POINT, 101 C. A POWERFUL
REDUCING AGENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESCENCE OF ALKALI. REACTS VIOLENTLY WITH
STRONG OXIDIZERS. REACTS WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID FORMING BIS(CHLOROMETHYL)
ETHER, A POTENT CARCINOGEN.
INCOMPATIBILITIES:
FORMALDEHYDE
NITROMETHANE: FORMS EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND.
PEROXYFORMIC ACID: FORMS EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND.
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE: EXPLOSIVE REACTION DUE TO PRESSURE INCREASE.
NITROGEN DIOXIDE: EXPLOSIVE REACTION IN THE REGION OF 180 C.
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE: VIOLENT REACTION.
STRONG OXIDIZERS: VIOLENT REACTION.
-HYDROCHLORIC ACID: FORMS HIGHLY TOXIC BIS(CHLOROMETHYL) ETHER.
DECOMPOSITION:
COMBUSTION MAY RELEASE TOXIC OXIDES OF CARBON.
POLYMERIZATION:
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION WIL NOT OCCUR FOR THE MATERIAL WITHOUT A COPOLYMER.
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CONDITIONS TO AVOID
MAY BE IGNITED BY HEAT OR FLAMES. CONTAINER MAY EXPLODE IN HEAT OF FIRE.
VAPOR EXPLOSION HAZARD INDOORS.
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SPILL AND LEAK PROCEDURES
OCCUPATIONAL SPILL:
SHUT OFF IGNITION SOURCES. PROVIDE VENTILATION AND WEAR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
DO NOT TOUCH SPILLED MATERIAL. STOP LEAK IF YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT RISK. USE
WATER SPRAY TO REDUCE VAPORS. FOR SMALL SPILLS TAKE UP WITH SAND OR OTHER
ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND PLACE INTO CONTAINERS FOR LATER DISPOSAL. CLOSE
CONTAINERS AND LABEL "COMBUSTIBLE AND CANCER HAZARD". FOR LARGER SPILLS, DIKE
AS CLOSE TO THE SOURCE OF THE SPILL AS IS PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO
REDUCE THE AREA CONTAMINATED AND THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL SPILLED. NO SMOKING,
FLAMES OR FLARES IN HAZARD AREA. KEEP UNNECESSARY PEOPLE AWAY; ISOLATE HAZARD
AREA AND DENY ENTRY. KEEP OUT OF SEWERS AND WATER SOURCES.
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
VENTILATION:
PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM TO MEET PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS.
RESPIRATOR:
EXPOSURE LIMIT TO 30 PPM- CHEMICAL CARTRIDGE RESPIRATOR WITH AN ACID GAS
CARTRIDGE AND A FULL FACEPIECE.
GAS MASK WITH AN ACID GAS CANISTER (CHIN-STYLE, FRONT-, OR
BACK-MOUNTED CANISTER) .
SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WITH A FULL FACEPIECE.
> 30 PPM INCLUDING IDLH CONCENTRATION TO 100 PPM- TYPE 'C' SUPPLIED-AIR
RESPIRATOR WITH A FULL FACEPIECE OPERATED IN
PRESSURE-DEMAND OR OTHER POSITIVE PRESSURE
OR CONTINUOUS FLOW MODE.
FIREFIGHTING- SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WITH A FULL FACEPIECE OPERAT-
ED IN PRESSURE-DEMAND OR OTHER POSITIVE PRESSURE MODE.
CLOTHING:
WEAR IMPERVIOUS CLOTHING IF THERE IS REASONABLE PROBABILITY OF CONTACT WITH
SOLUTION.
-GLOVES:
WEAR IMPERVIOUS GLOVES IF THERE IS REASONABLE PROBABILITY OF CONTACT WITH
SOLUTION.
EYE PROTECTION:
EMPLOYEE MUST WEAR SPLASH-PROOF OR DUST-PROOF SAFETY GOGGLES TO PREVENT THIS
SUBSTANCE FROM CONTACTING THE EYES. DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES WHEN WORKING
WITH CHEMICALS.
AUTHORIZED - ALLIED FISHER SCIENTIFIC
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CREATION DATE: 01/14/85 REVISION DATE: 08/13/85
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INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO US. HOWEVER, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OF
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