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Sodium fluoride. Material Safety Data Sheet. Sigma Chemical Co.


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             M A T E R I A L  S A F E T Y  D A T A  S H E E T
             
SECTION 1. - - - - - - - - - CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION- - - - - - - - - -
    CATALOG #:            S1504
    NAME:                 SODIUM FLUORIDE CRYSTALLINE
SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - -
    CAS #:  7681-49-4
    MF: FNA
    EC NO:  231-667-8
  SYNONYMS
    ALCOA SODIUM FLUORIDE * ANTIBULIT * CAVI-TROL * CHEMIFLUOR * CREDO *
    DISODIUM DIFLUORIDE * FDA 0101 * F1-TABS * FLORIDINE * FLOROCID *
    FLOZENGES * FLUORAL * FLUORIDENT * FLUORIDE, SODIUM * FLUORID SODNY
    (CZECH) * FLUORIGARD * FLUORINEED * FLUORINSE * FLUORITAB * FLUOROCID
    * FLUOR-O-KOTE * FLUOROL * FLUORURE DE SODIUM (FRENCH) * FLURA *
    FLURA DROPS * FLURA-GEL * FLURA-LOZ * FLURCARE * FLURSOL * FUNGOL B *
    GEL II * GELUTION * GLEEM * IRADICAV * KARIDIUM * KARIGEL * KARI-
    RINSE * LEA-COV * LEMOFLUR * LURIDE * LURIDE LOZI-TABS * LURIDE-SF *
    NAFEEN * NAFPAK * NA FRINSE * NATRIUM FLUORIDE * NCI-C55221 * NUFLUOR
    * OSSALIN * OSSIN * PEDIAFLOR * PEDIDENT * PENNWHITE * PERGANTENE *
    PHOS-FLUR * POINT TWO * PREDENT * RAFLUOR * RESCUE SQUAD * ROACH SALT
    * SODIUM FLUORIDE CYCLIC DIMER * SODIUM FLUORURE (FRENCH) * SODIUM
    HYDROFLUORIDE * SODIUM MONOFLUORIDE * SO-FLO * STAY-FLO * STUDAFLUOR *
     SUPER-DENT * T-FLUORIDE * THERA-FLUR * THERA-FLUR-N * TRISODIUM
    TRIFLUORIDE *
SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - -
  LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
    TOXIC
    TOXIC IF SWALLOWED.
    HARMFUL BY INHALATION AND IN CONTACT WITH SKIN.
    CONTACT WITH ACIDS LIBERATES VERY TOXIC GAS.
    CAUSES SEVERE IRRITATION.
    TARGET ORGAN(S):
    KIDNEYS
    BONES
    DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
    WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
    IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
    IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
SECTION 4. - - - - - - - - - - FIRST-AID MEASURES- - - - - - - - - - -
    IN CASE OF CONTACT, IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES OR SKIN WITH COPIOUS
    AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED
    CLOTHING AND SHOES.
    IF INHALED, REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING GIVE ARTIFICIAL
    RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN.
    IF SWALLOWED, WASH OUT MOUTH WITH WATER PROVIDED PERSON IS CONSCIOUS.
    CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.
    SYMPTOMS MAY BE DELAYED UP TO 24 HOURS DEPENDING UPON THE FLUORIDE
    ION CONCENTRATION. PREVENTION OF ABSORPTION OF THE FLUORIDE ION IN
    CASES OF INGESTION CAN BE OBTAINED BY GIVING MILK, CHEWABLE CALCIUM
    CARBONATE TABLETS OR MILK OF MAGNESIA TO CONSCIOUS VICTIMS. CONDITIONS
    SUCH AS HYPOCALCEMIA, HYPOMAGNESEMIA AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS SHOULD
    BE MONITORED FOR, SINCE THEY CAN OCCUR AFTER EXPOSURE.
    WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE.
SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - -
  EXTINGUISHING MEDIA
    NONCOMBUSTIBLE.
    USE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA APPROPRIATE TO SURROUNDING FIRE CONDITIONS.
  SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES
    WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO
    PREVENT CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES.
  UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS
    EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS.
SECTION 6. - - - - - - - - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES- - - - - - - - -
    EVACUATE AREA.
    WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, RUBBER BOOTS AND HEAVY
    RUBBER GLOVES.
    SWEEP UP, PLACE IN A BAG AND HOLD FOR WASTE DISPOSAL.
    AVOID RAISING DUST.
    VENTILATE AREA AND WASH SPILL SITE AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE.
SECTION 7. - - - - - - - - - - HANDLING AND STORAGE- - - - - - - - - - -
    REFER TO SECTION 8.
SECTION 8. - - - - - - EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION- - - - - -
    WEAR APPROPRIATE NIOSH/MSHA-APPROVED RESPIRATOR, CHEMICAL-RESISTANT
    GLOVES, SAFETY GOGGLES, OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
    SAFETY SHOWER AND EYE BATH.
    USE ONLY IN A CHEMICAL FUME HOOD.
    DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
    AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN AND CLOTHING.
    AVOID PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE.
    WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
    TOXIC.
    SEVERE IRRITANT.
    KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.
    DO NOT STORE IN GLASS.
    STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE.
SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - -
  APPEARANCE AND ODOR
    WHITE POWDER
  PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    MELTING POINT:      993 C
    SPECIFIC GRAVITY:     2.558
SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - -
  STABILITY
    STABLE.
  CONDITIONS TO AVOID
    HEAT
  INCOMPATIBILITIES
    STRONG ACIDS
    GLASS
    SENSITIVE TO MOISTURE
  HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
    HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
  HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION
    WILL NOT OCCUR.
SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - -
  ACUTE EFFECTS
    HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED, INHALED, OR ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN.
    CAUSES SEVERE IRRITATION.
    HIGH CONCENTRATIONS ARE EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE TO TISSUES OF THE MUCOUS
    MEMBRANES AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT, EYES AND SKIN.
    SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE BURNING SENSATION, COUGHING,
    WHEEZING, LARYNGITIS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HEADACHE, NAUSEA AND
    VOMITING.
    EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE:
    STOMACH PAINS, VOMITING, DIARRHEA.
    PROLONGED EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE:
    DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS
  CHRONIC EFFECTS
    THIS PRODUCT IS OR CONTAINS A COMPONENT THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE
    POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC BASED ON ITS IARC, ACGIH, NTP OR EPA
    CLASSIFICATION.
    TARGET ORGAN(S):
    HEART, KIDNEYS
    BONES
    NERVES
    G.I. SYSTEM
    TEETH
    TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND
    TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    SYMPTOMS OF FLUORIDE OVEREXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE SALIVATION, NAUSEA,
    VOMITING, ABDOMINAL PAIN, FEVER, LABORED BREATHING. FLUORIDE ION CAN
    REDUCE SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS POSSIBLY CAUSING FATAL HYPOCALCEMIA.
    PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO FLUORIDE DUSTS, VAPORS OR MISTS RESULTS IN
    PERFORATION OF THE NASAL SEPTUM. CHRONIC EFFECTS INCLUDE EXCESSIVE
    CALCIFICATION OF THE BONES, LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS.
  RTECS #: WB0350000
    SODIUM FLUORIDE
  IRRITATION DATA
    EYE-RBT 20 MG/24H MOD                         28ZPAK -,20,1972
  TOXICITY DATA
    ORL-WMN LDLO:90 MG/KG                         JAMAAP 81,811,1923
    ORL-WMN LDLO:360 MG/KG                        JAMAAP 100,97,1933
    ORL-HMN LDLO:71 MG/KG                         85KYAH 11,1361,1989
    ORL-HMN LDLO:75 MG/KG                         PCOC** -,1033,1966
    ORL-RAT LD50:52 MG/KG                         NTIS** UR-3490-95
    IPR-RAT LD50:22 MG/KG                         XEURAQ UR-154,1951
    SCU-RAT LD50:175 MG/KG                        OYYAA2 2,411,1968
    IVN-RAT LD50:26 MG/KG                         TXAPA9 3,278,1961
    ORL-MUS LD50:57 MG/KG                         SHGKA3 80,1519,1980
    IPR-MUS LD50:38 MG/KG                         IMEMDT 27,237,1982
    SCU-MUS LD50:115 UG/KG                        NYKZAU
     68(3),55P-74P,1972
    IVN-MUS LD50:50830 UG/KG                      IMEMDT 27,237,1982

    IVN-MKY LD50:26600 UG/KG                      APTOA6 22,99,1965
    ORL-RBT LD50:200 MG/KG                        JEENAI 61,751,1968
    ORL-DOM LD50:100 MG/KG                        NEZTAF 30,199,1982
    ORL-BWD LD50:110 MG/KG                        AECTCV 16,483,1987
  TARGET ORGAN DATA
    PERIPHERAL NERVE AND SENSATION (PARESTHESIA)
    SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES (OLFACTION TUMORS)
    SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES (PTOSIS)
    SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES (OTHER EYE EFFECTS)
    BEHAVIORAL (SOMNOLENCE)
    BEHAVIORAL (TREMOR)
    BEHAVIORAL (FLUID INTAKE)
    BEHAVIORAL (MUSCLE WEAKNESS)
    BEHAVIORAL (HEADACHE)
    CARDIAC (EKG CHANGES NOT DIAGNOSTIC OF ABOVE)
    LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (CYANOSIS)
    LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION)
    GASTROINTESTINAL (CHANGES IN STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF SALIVARY GLANDS)
    GASTROINTESTINAL (HYPERMOTILITY, DIARRHEA)
    GASTROINTESTINAL (NAUSEA OR VOMITING)
    GASTROINTESTINAL (OTHER CHANGES)
    LIVER (OTHER CHANGES)
    KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (OTHER CHANGES)
    MUSCULO-SKELETAL (CHANGES IN TEETH AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES)
    MUSCULO-SKELETAL (OTHER CHANGES)
    SKIN AND APPENDAGES (TUMORS)
    IMMUNOLOGICAL INCLUDING ALLERGIC (INCREASED IMMUNE RESPONSE)
    PATERNAL EFFECTS (SPERMATOGENESIS)
    PATERNAL EFFECTS (TESTES, EPIDIDYMIS, SPERM DUCT)
    EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (FEMALE FERTILITY INDEX)
    EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (MALE FERTILITY INDEX)
    EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (POST-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
    EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (OTHER MEASURES OF FERTILITY)
    EFFECTS ON EMBRYO OR FETUS (EXTRA EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES)
    EFFECTS ON EMBRYO OR FETUS (FETAL DEATH)
    SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM)
    SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES (SKIN AND SKIN APPENDAGES)
    SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES (MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM)
    EFFECTS ON NEWBORN (STILLBIRTH)
    EFFECTS ON NEWBORN (BEHAVIORAL)
    NUTRITIONAL AND GROSS METABOLIC (WEIGHT LOSS OR DECREASED WEIGHT GAIN)
    TUMORIGENIC (EQUIVOCAL TUMORIGENIC AGENT BY RTECS CRITERIA)
    ONLY SELECTED REGISTRY OF TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
    (RTECS) DATA IS PRESENTED HERE. SEE ACTUAL ENTRY IN RTECS FOR
    COMPLETE INFORMATION.
SECTION 12. - - - - - - - - - ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -
    DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE.
SECTION 13. - - - - - - - - - DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS - - - - - - - - -
    CONTACT A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICE TO DISPOSE OF
    THIS MATERIAL.
    OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
SECTION 14. - - - - - - - - - - TRANSPORT INFORMATION - - - - - - - - -
    CONTACT SIGMA CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION.
SECTION 15. - - - - - - - - - REGULATORY INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -
  EUROPEAN INFORMATION
    EC INDEX NO:     009-004-00-7
    TOXIC
    R 25
    TOXIC IF SWALLOWED.
    R 32
    CONTACT WITH ACIDS LIBERATES VERY TOXIC GAS.
    R 36/38
    IRRITATING TO EYES AND SKIN.
    S 22
    DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
    S 36
    WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
    S 45
    IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
    IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
  REVIEWS, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS
    OEL=MAK
    ACGIH TLV-TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3                    DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1997
    ACGIH TLV-NOT CLASSIFIABLE AS A HUMAN CARCINOGEN  DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1997
    IARC CANCER REVIEW:HUMAN INADEQUATE EVIDENCE  IMEMDT 27,237,1982
    IARC CANCER REVIEW:ANIMAL INADEQUATE EVIDENCE IMEMDT 27,237,1982
    IARC CANCER REVIEW:GROUP 3                    IMSUDL 7,208,1987
    EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
     FEREAC 54,7740,1989
    MSHA STANDARD-AIR:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3
     DTLVS* 3,116,1971
    OSHA PEL (GEN INDU):8H TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3
     CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
    OSHA PEL (CONSTRUC):8H TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3
     CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
    OSHA PEL (SHIPYARD):8H TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3
     CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
    OSHA PEL (FED CONT):8H TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3
     CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
    OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 MG/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-GERMANY:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 MG(F)/M3;STEL 2 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-POLAND:TWA 1 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.2 MG/M3;STEL 1 MG/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1.8 PPM (1.5 MG(F)/M3);STEL 9.0 PPM JAN 1993
    OEL-THAILAND:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-TURKEY:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3 JAN 1993
    OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA CHECK ACGIH TLV
    OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM CHECK ACGIH TLV
    NIOSH REL TO FLUORIDES, INORGANIC-AIR:10H TWA 2.5 MG(F)/M3
     NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
    NOHS 1974: HZD 84425; NIS 50; TNF 3763; NOS 50; TNE 25059
    NOES 1983: HZD 84425; NIS 83; TNF 3970; NOS 69; TNE 84776; TFE 26602
    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, POSITIVE: D MELANOGASTER-WHOLE SEX CHROM.
     LOSS
    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, NEGATIVE: D MELANOGASTER-NONDISJUNCTION; N
     CRASSA-ANEUPLOIDY
    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, NEGATIVE: IN VIVO SCE-NONHUMAN; S CEREVISIAE
     GENE CONVERSION
    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, INCONCLUSIVE: D MELANOGASTER-PARTIAL SEX
     CHROM. LOSS
    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, INCONCLUSIVE: HISTIDINE REVERSION-AMES TEST
    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, INCONCLUSIVE: D MELANOGASTER SEX-LINKED
     LETHAL
    EPA TSCA SECTION 8(B) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
    EPA TSCA SECTION 8(D) UNPUBLISHED HEALTH/SAFETY STUDIES
    EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, DECEMBER 1998
    NTP CARCINOGENESIS STUDIES (ORAL);EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE:RAT
     NTPTR* NTP-TR-393,90
    NTP CARCINOGENESIS STUDIES (ORAL);NO EVIDENCE:MOUSE
     NTPTR* NTP-TR-393,90
SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - -
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