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Skin contact: Strongly corrosive. May cause deep tissue damage.
Ingestion: Causes severe burns.
Symptoms related to the physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics
Eye contact: Eye irritation.
Inhalation: After some hours, injured persons may develop serious shortness of breath and lung edema.
Skin contact: Skin irritation.
Ingestion: May irritate the gastrointestinal tract, cause nausea, and vomiting.
Potential chronic health effects (Potassium Hydroxide)
Carcinogenicity: This product is not considered to be a carcinogen by IARC, ACGIH, NTP, or OSHA.
Mutagenicity: No data available to indicate product or any components present at greater than 0.1% are
mutagenic or genotoxic.
Teratogenicity: No data available to indicate product or any components present at greater than 0.1% may
cause birth defects.
Developmental effects: No data available.
Fertility effects: Contains no ingredient listed as toxic to reproduction.
Section 12: Ecological Information
Toxicity
Acute Fish toxicity: (Potassium Hydroxide)
LC50 - Gambusia affinis (Mosquito fish) - 80 mg/l - 96 h
Acute Fish toxicity: (2-butoxyethanol)
LC50 - Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) – 1,474 mg/l - 96 h
Acute toxicity for invertebrates: (2-butoxyethanol)
EC50 - Daphnia magna (Water flea) – 1,550 mg/l - 48 h
Acute toxicity for aquatic plants: (2-butoxyethanol)
EC-50 (Algae (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata), 72 h): 1,840 mg/l
Ecotoxicology Assessment: (Potassium Hydroxide and 2-butoxyethanol)
Material is expected to be slightly harmful to aquatic life.
Persistence and degradability
Biodegradability: (Potassium Hydroxide)
The methods for determining the biological degradability are not applicable to inorganic substances
Biodegradability: (2-butoxyethanol)
90.4 % (28 d) readily biodegradable
Stability in water: (Potassium Hydroxide and 2-butoxyethanol)
No Data Available
Photodegradation: (Potassium Hydroxide and 2-butoxyethanol)
No data available
Volatility (Henry's Law constant): (Potassium Hydroxide and 2-butoxyethanol)
Partition coefficient n-octanol/water (log K
ow
) = No Data Available
Bioaccumulative potential
Bioaccumulation: (Potassium Hydroxide and 2-butoxyethanol)
Potential to bioaccumulate is low.
Bioconcentration factor (BCF): No data available.
Mobility in soil: (Pressure Wash)