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ROBERTS R1509 MOISTURE VAPOR BARRIER
======================== SECTION V - REACTIVITY DATA =======================
STABILITY: STABLE
CONDITIONS TO AVOID: EXCESSIVE HEAT.
INCOMPATIBILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID):
WATER, AMINES, STRONG BASES, AND ALCOHOLS.
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION OR BYPRODUCTS:
CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN, TRACES OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE,
ISOCYANATE MONOMER VAPORS.
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: [X] MAY OCCUR [ ] WILL NOT OCCUR THROUGH
CONTACT WITH MOISTURE, OTHER MATERIALS WHICH REACT WITH ISOCYANATES, OR
TEMPERATURES ABOVE 400F MAY CAUSE POLYMERIZATION.
==================== SECTION VI - HEALTH HAZARD DATA =======================
INHALATION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE
CONCENTRATIONS OF ISOCYANATE VAPORS ABOVE THE TLV CAN IRRITATE THE MUCOUS
MEMBRANES IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT CAUSING RUNNY NOSE, SORE THROAT, COUGHING,
CHEST DISCOMFORT, REDUCED LUNG FUNCTION, AND PULMONARY EDEMA. REPEATED
OVEREXPOSURE OR A SINGLE LARGE DOSE CAN RESULT IN ISOCYANATE SENSITIZATION.
THESE SYMPTOMS CAN BE DELAYED UP TO SEVERAL HOURS AFTER EXPOSURE.
SKIN AND EYE CONTACT HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE
ISOCYANATES REACT WITH SKIN PROTEIN AND MOISTURE AND CAN CAUSE IRRITATION.
PROLONGED CONTACT CAN RESULT IN SKIN SENSITIZATION. VAPORS CAN CAUSE BURNING IN
EYES AND IF LEFT UNTREATED, CAN CAUSE CORNEAL DAMAGE.
SKIN ABSORPTION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE
SKIN ABSORPTION MAY BE HARMFUL. MAY CAUSE SKIN SENSITIZATION OR OTHER ALLERGIC
RESPONSES. MAY CAUSE PAIN, ITCHING, DISCOMFORT OR DERMITITIS.
INGESTION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE
INGESTION CAN RESULT IN IRRITATION AND CORROSIVE ACTION IN THE MOUTH, STOMACH
TISSUE AND DIGESTIVE TRACT. SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE SORE THROAT, ABDOMINAL PAIN,
NAUSEA, VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.
HEALTH HAZARDS (ACUTE AND CHRONIC)
MAY BE IRRITATING TO EYES, SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES. MAY CAUSE REDNESS,
SWELLING OR DERMITITIS. PROLONGED CONTACT OR VAPOR OVEREXPOSURE MAY CAUSE
M A T E R I A L S A F E T Y D A T A S H E E T
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ROBERTS 1509 MOISTURE VAPOR BARRIER
ALLERGIC REACTIONS, SENSITIZATION, COUGHING OR SORE THROAT.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE
ASTHMA, OTHER RESPIRATORY DISORDERS (BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA, BRONCHIAL HYPER
ACTIVITY), SKIN ALLERGIES, ECZEMA.
EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES
FOR EYES, FLUSH WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. SEEK
MEDICAL ATTENTION. FOR SKIN, REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND WASH THOROUGHLY
WITH SOAP AND WATER. FOR INHALATION, MOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR, ADMINISTER OXYGEN
OR ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION AS NEEDED. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. FOR INGESTION, DO
NOT INDUCE VOMITING. GIVE 1 TO 2 CUPS OF MILK OR WATER TO DRINK. NEVER GIVE
ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON. CONSULT PHYSICIAN.
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