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Symptoms related to the physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics
Eye contact: Eye irritation.
Inhalation: Blurred vision.
Skin contact: Skin irritation.
Ingestion: May irritate the gastrointestinal tract, cause nausea, and vomiting.
Potential chronic health effects (Methanol)
Carcinogenicity: No known carcinogens.
Mutagenicity: No data available.
Teratogenicity: No data available.
Developmental effects: No data available.
Fertility effects: No data available.
Numerical measures of toxicity
Acute toxicity estimates
Toxic by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. Amounts as small as 30-250 mL of pure methanol may be fatal.
Section 12: Ecological Information
Toxicity
Acute Fish toxicity: (Methanol)
LC50 - Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) - 19,000 mg/l - 96 h
LC50 – Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill) - 15,400 mg/l - 96 h
Acute toxicity for daphnia: (Methanol)
EC50 - Daphnia magna (Water flea) - 24,500 mg/l - 48 h
EC100 - Daphnia magna (Water flea) - 10,000 mg/l - 24 h
Acute toxicity for algae: (Methanol)
EC50 - Scenedesmus capricornutum (fresh water algae) - 22,000 mg/l - 96 h
Acute bacterial toxicity: (Methanol)
No data available.
Ecotoxicology Assessment: (Methanol)
Material is expected to be slightly toxic to aquatic life.
Persistence and degradability
Biodegradability: (Methanol)
When released into the soil, this material is expected to readily biodegrade. When released into water, this material is
expected to readily biodegrade. When released into the air, this material is expected to be readily degraded by reaction with
photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals.
Stability in water: (Methanol)
When released into the soil, this material is expected to quickly evaporate. When released into the soil, this material is
expected to leach into groundwater.
Photodegradation: (Methanol)
No data available
Volatility (Henry's Law constant): (Methanol)
Partition coefficient n-octanol/water (log K
ow
) = -0.77
Bioaccumulative potential
Bioaccumulation: (Methanol)
Bioaccumulation Cyprinus carpio (Carp) - 72 d at 20
o
C