MSDS

COMMON NAME: FORMALDEHYDE
CAS NUMBER: 50-00-0
CARCINOGENICITY LISTED BY: NTP YES IARC YES 1 OSHA YES ACGIH YES A2
LD50: 100.00 MG/KG ORL RAT
LC50: 203.00 MG/M3 IHL PIG
SUPPLEMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION
THE MANUFACTURER OF DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL DIBENZOATE CONDUCTED TOXICITY
TESTS AND FOUND DECREASED BODY WEIGHT GAIN, AND BLOOD, LIVER AND CAECUM
EFFECTS IN RATS GIVEN UP TO 2500 MG/KG/DAY IN THE DIET FOR 13 WEEKS. ALL
TREATMENT RELATED CHANGES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF, OR COMPLETE, RECOVERY
AFTER 4 WEEKS WITHOUT TREATMENT. RELEVANCE TO HUMANS IS UNKNOWN.
CARCINOGENICITY: CONTAINS FORMALDEHYDE, A POTENTIAL CANCER HAZARD.
RATS EXPOSED TO FORMALDEHYDE VIA INHALATION DEVELOPED
CANCER OF THE NASAL CAVITY. EVIDENCE IN HUMANS IS
LIMITED (NASAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER).
FORMALDEHYDE IS LISTED AS A CARCINOGEN BY OSHA,
PROBABLE HUMAN CARCINOGEN (GROUP 2A) BY IARC, AND A
KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN BY NTP. OVEREXPOSURE CAN
CAUSE EYE, SKIN, AND RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION, AND
SKIN AND RESPIRATORY SENSITIZATION. CONTAINS
CRYSTALLINE SILICA WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HAZARD BY
INHALATION. IARC HAS CLASSIFIED CRYSTALLINE SILICA AS
CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS (GROUP 1). CRYSTALLINE SILICA IS
ALSO A KNOWN CAUSE OF SILICOSIS, A NONCANCEROUS LUNG
DISEASE. THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP) HAS
CLASSIFIED CRYSTALLINE SILICA AS A KNOWN HUMAN
CARCINOGEN. IN A LIFETIME INHALATION STUDY, EXPOSURE TO
250 MG/M3 TITANIUM DIOXIDE RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF LUNG TUMORS IN RATS. THESE TUMORS OCCURRED ONLY AT
DUST LEVELS THAT OVERWHELMED THE ANIMALS' LUNG
CLEARANCE MECHANISMS AND WERE DIFFERENT FROM COMMON
HUMAN LUNG TUMORS IN BOTH TYPE AND LOCATION. THE
RELEVANCE OF THESE FINDINGS TO HUMANS IS UNKNOWN BUT
QUESTIONABLE. THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH
ON CANCER (IARC) HAS CLASSIFIED TITANIUM DIOXIDE AS
POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS (GROUP 2B) BASED ON
INADEQUATE EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY IN HUMANS AND
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY IN EXPERIMENTAL
ANIMALS.
REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: NO REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
MUTAGENICITY: NO MUTAGENIC EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
TERATOGENICITY: NO TERATOGENIC EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED
SECTION 12: ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
NO ECOLOGICAL TESTING HAS BEEN DONE BY AKZO NOBEL PAINTS LLC
ON THIS PRODUCT AS A WHOLE.