*  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  *
Respiratory Protection:WEAR NIOSH APPRVD AIR-PURIFYING RESP WITH
    HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER. SPECIFIC RESP SELECTED MUST BE
    BASED ON CONTAM LEVELS FOUND IN WORKPLACE, MUST BE BASED ON
    SPECIFIC OPERATION, MUST NOT EX CEED WORKING LIMITS OF RESP & MUST
    BEAPPRVD BY NIOSH.
Other Protective Equipment:EMERGENCY EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER MEETING
    ANSI DESIGN CRITERIA . LAB COATS.
Work Hygienic Practices:NOTE: CONTACT LENSES POSE SPECIAL PROBLEM; SOFT
    LENSES MAY ABSORB IRRITANTS & ALL LENSES CONCENTRATE THEM. DO NOT
    WEAR CONTACT LENSES IN THE LAB.
Supplemental Safety and Health
SIGNS & SYMPS OF EXPOS: PIGMENTATION. RPTD/PRLNGD EXPOS TO ZINC OXIDE,
    COUPLED W/POOR PERSONAL HYGIENE, MAY RSLT IN OXIDE POX DUE TO
    CLOGGING OF SEBACEOUS GLANDS. OXIDE POX, ESPECIALLY LOCALIZED TO MO
    IST AREAS, IS CHARACT BY SM RED, HARD PROJECTING PAPULES W/CENTRAL
    WHITE PLUG, WHICH DEVELOPS (OTHER INFO)
*  Product Identification  *
Product ID:ZINC OXIDE
*  Composition/Information on Ingredients  *
Ingred Name:ZINC OXIDE
*  Hazards Identification  *
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NOOSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE: INHAL OF ZINC OXIDE DUST/POWDER
    MAY CAUSE IRRIT OF RESP TRACT & CHEM PNEUM. EXPOS TO FRESHLY FORMED
    FUMES OF ZINC OXIDE MAY RSLT IN ZINC FUME FEVER. ZINC FUME FEVER IS
    INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS TH AT MAY OCCUR TO INHAL OF FRESHLY
    FORMEDMETAL OXIDE PARTICLES SIZED <1.5 MICRONS & USUALLY BETWEEN
    ONSET OF THIRST & SWEET, METALLIC/FO UL TASTE IN MOUTH. OTHER SYMPS
    MAY INCL UPPER RESP TRACT IRRIT ACCOMPANIED BY COUGH & DRYNESS OF
    MUC MEMB, LASSITUDE & GENERALIZED FEELING OF MALAISE. FEVER,
    CHILLS, MUSCULAR PAIN, (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: MILD TO SEV HDCH, NAUS, OCCASIONAL
    VOMIT, EXAGGERATED MENTAL ACTIVITY, PROFUSE SWEAT, EXCESS
    URINATION, DIARR & PROSTRATION MAY ALSO OCCUR. TOLERANCE TO FUMES
    MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY, BUT IS QUI CKLY LOST. PRELIMINARY EXPOS TO
    ACETIC ACID VAPS MAY INCR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ZINC FUME FEVER. LETHAL
    MAY PRDCE LATENT LIVER DYSFUNCTION& GI DISTURB W/PRESS IN STOM
    REGION, NAUS, & WEAK. ZINC OXIDE IS CONSTITUENT OF MANY TOPICAL
    DERMATOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS AND HAS DEMONSTRATED LOW POTNTL FOR
    SKIN IRRIT, ALTHOUGH IT CAN ALTER (SUPDAT)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:PERSONS WITH A HISTORY OF CHRONIC
    RESPIRATORY DISEASE.
*  First Aid Measures  *
First Aid:SKIN CONT: REMOVE CONTAMD SHOES & CLTHG. RINSE AFFECTED AREA
    W/LG AMTS OF WATER FOLLOWED BY WASHING AREA W/SOAP & WATER. CONT
    MED ASSISTANCE IF NEC. EYE CONT: IMMED FLUSH, INCL UNDER EYELIDS,
    NEC. INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF BRTHG IS DFCLT, GIVE OXYG; IF
    VICTIM IS NOT BRHTG, GIVE ARTF RESP. CONT MED ASSISTANCE IF NEC.
    INGEST: WA SH OUT MOUTH W/WATER. CONT MED ASSISTANCE IF NECESSARY.
    TARGET ORGAN(S) OF ATTACK: POISONING MAY EFFECT THE RESPIRATORY
    TRACT.
*  Fire Fighting Measures  *
Extinguishing Media:THIS MATERIAL IS NONCOMBUSTIBLE. USE EXTINGUISHING
    MEDIA THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO THE SURROUNDING FIRE.
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE
    EQUIPMENT .
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NO UNUSUAL FIRE/EXPLO HAZS ARE ASSOC
    W/THIS MATL. HOWEVER, ZINC OXIDE WILL PRESENT IGNIT AND/OR EXPLO
    HAZ W/FOLLOWING MATLS: CHLORINATED RUBBER: VIOLENT/EXPLOSIVE RXN
    MAGNESIUM: EXPLOSION RXN ON HEATING.
*  Accidental Release Measures  *
Spill Release Procedures:NOTIFY SFTY PERSONNEL OF MAJOR SPILLS AND/OR
    LEAKS. EVACUATE ALL NONESSENTIAL PERSONNEL. AVOID RAISING DUST.
    RECOVER SMALL SPILLS W/CLEAN SHOVEL, AND PLACE INTO A CLEAN, DRY
    CONTAINER FOR LATER DISPOS AL. REMAINING RESIDUE SHOULD BE CLEANED
    UP USING HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER.
*Handling and Storage  *
Handling and Storage Precautions:PERSONS HNDLG MATL WEAR NIOSH APPRVD
    AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER. SPECIFIC
    RESP SELECTED MUST BE BASED ON CONTAM LEVELS FOUND IN WORKPLACE,
    MUST BE BASED ON SPECIFIC OPERAT ION, MUST NOT EXCEED WORKING
    LIMITS OF RESP & MUST BE JOINTLY APPRVD BY NIOSH & MSHA.(OTHER
    PREC)
    LAB COATS & SPLASH-PROOF/DUST RESIST SFTY GOGGS SHOULD BE WORN.
    NOTE:CONT LENSES POSE SPEC PROBELM; SOFT LENSES MAY ABSORB
    IRRITANTS & ALL LENSES CO NC THEM. DO NOT WEAR CONT LENSES IN LAB.
    STORE MATL IN COOL, DRY , WELL VENT AREA & PROTECT CNTNRS F ROM
    PHYSICAL.
*  Physical/Chemical Properties  *
Vapor Density:5.6
Solubility in Water:ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Appearance and Odor:ODORLESS, WHITE, YELLOWISH-WHITE, OR GRAYISH FINE
    OR COARSE (ECOLOGICAL INFO)
*  Stability and Reactivity Data  *
Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
SEE FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA.
Stability Condition to Avoid:NO ADVERSE CONDITIONS KNOWN FOR THIS
    MATERIAL.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:WHEN HEATED AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES,
    ZINC OXIDE SUBLIMES TO PRODUCE TOXIC FUMES.
*  Toxicological Information*
    MG/M3 (TOTAL DUST), 5 MG/M3 (FUME), ACGIH TLV-TWA: 5 MG/M3 (FUME)
*  Ecological Information  *
Ecological:PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS: SOL IN H*2O: PRACTICALLY
    IN DILUTE ACETIC/MINERAL ACIDS, AMMONIA, AMMONIUM CHLORIDE,
    AMMONIUM SALT  SOLNS, FIXED ALKALI HYDROXIDES, AND STRONG BASES.
    INSOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL, ETHER & DULUTE SULFURIC ACID. APPEAR/ODOR:
    AMORPHOUS POWDER OR HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS, WITH A BITTER TASTE WHICH
    GRADUALLY ABSORBS C ARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE AIR.
*  Disposal Considerations  *
Waste Disposal Methods:FOLLOW ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.
*  MSDS Transport Information  *
Transport Information:DOT CLASSIFICATION: NOT HAZARDOUS BY DOT
    REGULATIONS.
*  Other Information  *
