Product ID:IODINE SOLUTIONS, CONCENTRATE, OHS40101
MSDS Date:04/16/1991
FSC:NIIN:Submitter:N EN
Status Code:A
MSDS Number: CKWRZ

SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG. CORP.

14422 SOUTH SAN PEDRO STREEET
GARDENA, CA 90248-2027
US

Emergency Phone: 310-516-8000

Info Phone: 310-516-8000

Cage: 63415

SPECTRUM LABORATORY PRODUCTS INC

GARDENA, CA 90248-2027 US

Telephone: 310-516-9843

Cage: 63415

IODINE

CAS: 7553-56-2

RTECS: NN1575000

OSHA PEL C0.1 PPM; 1 MG/M3

POTASSIUM IODIDE

CAS: 7681-11-0

RTECS: TT2975000

WATER

CAS: 7732-18-5

RTECS: ZC0110000

Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO IARC:NO OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:INHAL: IODINE: CORR. 10 PPM IMMED
DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR HEALTH. ACUTE EXPOS: INHAL MAY CAUSE SEVERE
IRRIT OF MUC MEMB, SPARKLING BEFORE EYES, SEVERE COUGH, HDCH,
SOMNOLENCE, SWELLING OF PAROTID GLAND, POSS PULMONARY EDEMA.
WORKERS EXPOS TO IODINE VAPOR EXPER CATARRHAL RHINITIS, STOMATITIS,
CHRONIC PHARYNGITIS. LAB TECHNICIANS RPTD HDCH, FEELING OF
TIGHTNESS IN CHEST AFTER ACCIDENTAL EXPOS. CHRONIC EXPOS: EFTS
DEPEND ON CONCENTRATION AND DURATION OF EXPOS. RPTD/PRLNG CONTACT
W/CORR SUBSTANCE MAY CAUSE INFLAMMATORY & ULCERATIVE CHGS IN MOUTH
& POSS BRONCHIAL & GI DISTURBANCES. POTASSIUM IODINE: ACUTE EXPOS:
INHAL OF (EFTS OF OVEREXPO)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:N/P. FOR ADDITIONAL TOXICITY DATA,
CONTACT THE NAVY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER .
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ (CONT'D): DUST MAY IRRIT TO UPPER RESP
TRACT, CAUSE COUGHING & CHEST DISCOMFORT. CHRONIC: RPTD/PRLNG EXPOS
MAY RESULT IN "IODISM" AS DETAILED IN CHRONIC INGEST. IODINE:SKIN
CONT: CORR/SENSITI ZER: ACUTE EXPOS: MAY CAUSE BROWN DISCOLORATION
OF SKIN W/MARKED ERYTHEMA, DESQUAMATION, VESICULATION W/WEEPING &
CRUSTING. LESIONS ARE COMMON & USUALLY ACNEFORM & SLOW HEALING.
SKIN ABSORP MAY OCCUR . DEATH HAS BEEN RPTD AFTER APPLICATION OF
IODINE TINCTURE TO ONE THIRD OF BODY SURFACE. ALTHOUGH IODINE IS
RARE SENSITIZER, HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY
DERMATITIS, FEVER, & GEN SKIN ERUPTION & (MEDICAL CONDITIONS)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:SIGNS/SYMPTOMS (CONT'D): MAY PROVE
FATAL. CHRONIC EXPOSURE: RPTD/PRLNG CONTACT MAY CAUSE SENSITIZATION
W/DERM, LARYNGEAL EDEMA & SERUM SICKNESS W/LYMPH NODE ENLARGEMENT,
JOINT PAIN & (SPILL/RELEASE)

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE FROM EXPOS AREA TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF NOT
BRTHG, PERFORM ARTF RESP. KEEP PERSON WARM & AT REST. TREAT
SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVIELY. GET MED ATTN IMMD. SKIN CONT:
REMOVE CONTAM CLTHG & SHOES IMMED. WASH AFFECTED AREA W/SOAP & LG
AMTS OF WATER UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN).
GET MED ATTN IMMED. EYE CONT: WASH EYES IMMED W/LG AMTS OF WATER OR
NORM SALINE OCCASN LY LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS, UNTIL NO EVIDENCE
OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST:
TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. IF VOMIT
OCCURS, KEEP HEAD LO WER THAN HIPS TO PREVENT ASPIRATION.

Flash Point:NON-FLAMMABLE.
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY OR
REGULAR FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG, OR REGULAR
FOAM. (1990 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, DOT P 5800.5)
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH-APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE
EQUIP . DO NOT TOUCH SPILLED MATL. (1990 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.5, GUIDE PAGE 58). EXTING USING AGENTS
INDICATED. USE FLOODING AMTS OF H2*O AS FOG. COOL CONTRS
W/FLOODING AMTS OF WATER. USE WATER TO ABSORB VAPS. AVOID BRTHG
IRRITATING VAPS; KEEP UPWIND.
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NEGLIGIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO
HEAT OR FLAME.

Spill Release Procedures:SOAK UP SPILL WITH VERMICULITE OR OTHER
ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND PLACE IN SUITABLE CONTAINERS FOR LATER
DISPOSAL. MEDICAL CONDITIONS (CONT'D):SWELLING. POTASSIUM IODIDE
ACUTE EXPOS: CONTACT W/DUST MAY B E IRRIT WHILE SOLUTIONS MAY BE
CORR. IODIDES MAY CAUSE SENSITIZATION IN PERSONS PREVIOUSLY
EXPOSED. CHRONIC: HYPERSENSITIVITY TO IODIDES MAY DEVELOP
CHARACTERIZED BY SKIN RASHES, (NEUTRALIZING AGENT)
Neutralizing Agent:N/P. SPILL/RELEASE (CONT'D): RHINITIS, LARYNGEAL
EDEMA, SERUM SICKNESS W/FEVER, JOINT PAIN, (HANDLING/STORAGE)

Handling and Storage Precautions:AVOID ANY POSSIBILITY OF SKIN CONTACT
W/LIQUID CONTAINING MORE THAN 7% IODINE, & RPTD/PRLNG SKIN CONTACT
W/LIQUIDS CONTAINING 7% OR LESS. NEUTRALIZING AGENT (CONT'D):
SWELLING & LYMPH NODE ENLARGEMENT . IODINE: EYE: CORROSIVE. ACUTE:
IN HUMAN STUDY SUBJECTS COMPLAINED OF IRRITATION (VENTILATION)
Other Precautions:EXPOS LIMITS: IODINE: 0.1 PPM (1 MG/M3) OSHA CEILING.
0.1 PPM (1 MG/M3) ACGIH CEILING. 0.1 PPM (1 MG/M3) NIOSH REC
CEILING. 0.1 PPM (1 MG/M3) DFG MAK TWA; 0.2 PPM (2 MG/M3) DFG MAK 5
MIN PEAK, MONENT ARY VALUE, 8 TIMES/SHIFT. MEASURE METHOD: CHARCOL
TUBE; SODIUM CARBONATE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; (NIOSH VOL. III #
6005).

Respiratory Protection:A NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR APPROPRIATE FOR THE
EXPOSURE OF CONCERN . VENT (CONT'D): EXPOS FOR 3-4 MIN TO SATURATED
VAP EXPERIENCED BROWN STAINING OF CORNEAL EPITHELIUM & LOSS OF
LAYER OF TISSUE W/RECOVERY OCCURING IN 2-3 DAYS. OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOS TO IODINE VAPS HAS BEEN RPTD TO CAUSE BURNING SENSATION,
LACRIMATION & BLEPHARITIS. (OTHER PROT EQUIP)
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST OR GENERAL DILUTION VENTILATION
SYSTEM. HANDLING/STORAGE (CONT'D): AFTER 2 MIN AT 1.63 PPM. IN
ANOTHER STUDY PATIENTS (RESP PROTECTION)
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPROVED CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:EYEWASH & DELUGE SHOWER MEETING ANSI DESIGN
CRITERIA . RESP PROT (CONT'D): CHRONIC: EFFECTS DEPEND ON CONC &
DURATION OF EXPOS. CONJUCTIVITIS OR EFTS DETAILED IN ACUTE EXPOS
MAY (WORK HYGIENE)
Work Hygienic Practices:N/P. OTHER PROT EQUIP (CONT'D): OCCUR.
POTASSIUM IODIDE: IRRITANT. ACUTE: CONTACT W/EYES MAY CAUSE IRRIT,
REDNESS & PAIN. WHILE SOLUTIONS MAY BE CORR, INJECTION OF 3% SOLN
INTO CORNEA OF (SUPP DATA)
Supplemental Safety and Health
WORK HYGIENE (CONT'D): RABBIT EYES CAUSED ONLY SLIGHT REACTION.
CHRONIC: RPTED/PRLNG EXPOS MAY CAUSE CONJUNCTIVITIS. INGEST OF
IODIDES MAY LEAD TO 'IODISM' & AFFECT EYEW/LACRIMATION, EYELID
EDEMA, CON JUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA. INGEST: IODINE: CORR. ACUTE: MAY
CAUSE INFLAMM & CORR OF GI TRACT W/BROWN (ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION)

Boiling Pt:=100.C, 212.F
Melt/Freeze Pt:=0.C, 32.F
Vapor Pres:14 MMHG (WATER)
Vapor Density:0.7 (H2O)
Spec Gravity:1.0
Evaporation Rate & Reference:(ETHER = 1) >1
Solubility in Water:SOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:DEEP AMBER LIQUID

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
IODINE: ACETALDEHYDE: VIOLENT RXN. ACETYLENE: EXPOSIVE REACTION.
ALUMINUM (POWERED): VIOLENT RXN IN PRESENCE OF MOISTURE. AMMONIA OR
SOME DERIVATIVES: MAY FORM EXPLOSIVE SALT. BORON: SPONTANEOUS RXN
AT ELEVATED TEMPS. CESIU
Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES &
PRESSURES. HAZ DECOMP PROD (CONT'D): REACTION. ETHANOL+PHOSPHOROUS:
DANGEROUS REACTION. FORMAMIDE, PYRIDINE+SULFUR TRIOXIDE: PRLNG
(POLYMERIZATION)
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY
INCLUDE VERY TOXIC POTASSIUM OXIDE, IODIDE & HYROGEN IODIDE. MATL
TO AVOID (CONT'D): INCANDESCENT RXN AT ELEVATED TEMPS.
DIPROPYLMERCURY: VIOLENT (STAB COND TO AVOID)

Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL,
STATE REGULATIONS.ECOLOGICAL INFO (CON'T): FINDINGS INCL GLOMERULAR
& TUBULAR NECROSIS. CHRONIC: RPGD/PRLN INGEST MAY CAUSE IODISM.
SYNDROME IS CHARACTER IZED BY BURNING SENSATION IN MOUTH & THROAT,
BRASSY TASTE, GI IRRIT & DIARR, SALIVATION, GINGIVIGTIS SNEEZING,
RHINITIS, THINORRHEA, HDCH, (TRANSPORT)

Toxicological Information:IODINE: TOX DATA: 800 MG/M3 1 HR INHAL-RAT
LCLO; 28 MG/KG ORAL-HUMAN LD 26 MG/KG/1 YR INTERMITTENT ORAL-WOMAN
TDLO; 14 MG/KG ORAL-RAT LD50, 22 GM/KG ORAL-MOUSE LD50; 10 GM/KG
ORAL-RABBIT LD50; 800 MG/ KG ORAL-DOG LDLO 175 MG/KG
SUBCUTANEOUS-RABBIT LDLO; 40 MG/KG INTRAVENOUS-DOG LDLO; 29
MG/UNRPTD-MAN LDLO; REPROD EFTS DATA (RTECS). CARCIN STATUS; NONE.
LOCAL EFTS: CORR- INHAL, SKIN, EYE, INGEST. AC UTE TOXIC LEVEL:
SLIGHTLY TOXIC BY INGEST. TARGET EFT: SENSITIZER- DERMAL. POISONING
MAY AFFECT CIRCULATORY SYS & KIDNEYS. INCREASED RISK FROM EXPOS:
PERSONS W/IMPAIRED PULM, THYROID FUNC, ASTHAM, ALL ERGIES, KNOWN
SENSITIZATION TO IODINE.

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of Defense. The United States of America in no manner whatsoever,
expressly or implied, warrants this information to be accurate and
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assume responsibility for the suitability of this information to their
particular situation.

Ecological:N/P. SUPP DATA (CONT'D): DISCOLORATION OF LIPS, MUS MEMB,
BURNING SENSATION, NAUS, SEVERE VOMIT, DIARR, ABDOM PAIN, INTENSE
THIRST, METALLIC TASTE, FEVER, DELIRIUM, STUPOR. RARELY, ULCERATIVE
ESOPHAGI TIS WAS RPTD. LG DOSES MAY RESULT IN CONVULSIONS,
HEMORRHAGIC NEPHRITIS, ANURIA & SHOCK. ASPHYXIA FROM EDEMA OF
EPIGLOTTIS, ASPIRATION, PULM EDEMA MAY OCCUR. HYPERSENSITIVITY
REACTIONS MAY OCCUR MANIF ESTED BY ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA, FEVER,
ARTHRALGIA, LYMPHADENOPATHY, EOSINOPHILA & RARELY BY MULTIPLE
PETECHIAE OF SKIN & MUC MEMB. DEATH DUE TO CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE &
BRONCHOPNEUMMONIA, UREMIA/DELAYED E SOPHAGEAL & PYLORIC STENOSIS
(DISPOSAL)

Transport Information:N/P. DISPOSAL (CON'T): FEVER, LARYNGITIS,
PHARYNGITIS, BRONCHITIS, COUGH, STOMATITIS, PAROTITIS, EDEMA OF
GLOTTIS, POSS PULM EDEMA, SLEEPLESSNESS, TREMOR, TACHYCARDIA,
NERVOUS SYSTEMS, ANOREXIA & WEIG HT LOSS. VARIOUS SKIN RASHES INCL
VESICULAR, VEGETATIVE, MACULOPAPULAR, ACNE-FORM, BULLOUS ERUPTIONS
& POSS FATAL IODODERMA BEEN RPTD. IN HYPERSENSITIVE PEOPLE, IODISM
MAY BE PRECIPITATED BY SMALL DOS ES. LACRIMATION, EDEMA OF EYELIDS
& CONJUNCT HYPERMIA MAY OCCUR. REPROD EFTS HAVE BEEN RPTD IN
ANIMALS. POTASSIUM IODIDE: ACUTE: IODIDE SALTS ACT PRINCIPALLY AS
EXPECTORANTS/DIURETICS & MAY CAUSE MILD HYPERHIDROSIS, GI UPSET,
NAUS (SARA)

SARA Title III Information:N/P. TRANSPORT (CONT'D): VOMIT, EPIGASTRIC
PAIN. HYPERSENSITIVITY TO IODIDES MAY BE MANIFESTED BY
ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA, CUTANEOUS & MUCOSAL HEMORRHAGES, LARANGEAL
EDEMA & SYMPS RESEMBLING SERUM SICKNES S, SUCH AS FEVER,
ARTHRALGIA, LYMPH NODE ENLARGEMENT & EOSINOPHILIA. CHRONIC: INGEST
OF .15 MG FOR 10 DAYS PRODUCED ENLARGED PAROT GLANDS, SWELLING OF
FACE & DFCLTY SWALLOWING. RPTD INGEST OF IODIDES MAY CAUSE IODISM
CHARACTERIZED BY BRASSY TASTE IN MOUTH, SALIVATION, LACRIMATION,
SORENESS OF TEETH & GUMS, ULCERATION OF MUC MEMBS, CORYZA,
SNEEZING, PRODUCTIVE COUGH, SEV HDCH, FEVER, NAUS, VOMIT, G ASTRIC
DISTURB,EPIGASTRIC (FEDERAL REGS)
Federal Regulatory Information:N/P. SARA (CONT'D): PAIN & DIARR. OTHER
EFTS MAY INCL PULM & GLOTTAL EDEMA, LARYNGITIS, BRONCITIS, EYELID
EDEMA, SALIVARY & LYMPH GLANDS, CONJUNC & PAROTITIS. VARIOUS SKIN
REACTIONS INCL ERYTHEMA, ACN E, URTICARIA, ECZEMATOUS CONT- TYPE
DERMATITIS, PUSTULAR PSORIASIS MAY OCCUR. SOME SKIN REACTIONS MAY
BE FATAL THYROID ADENOMA, GOITER, HYPOTHYROIDISM, THROMBOCYTOPENIA,
ANOREXIA, WEIGHT LOSS, SLEEPNE SS & NERVOUS SYMPTOMS MAY ALSO
OCCUR. IODIDES MAY CROSS PLACENTA. USE OF IODIDES FOR ASTHMA IN
PREGN ANCY HAS RESULTED IN SEV GOITER W/POSSIBILITY OF FETAL
GOITER, FETAL DEATH, CRETINOID APPEARANCE OF NEWBORN & ABNORM
THYROID (STATE REGS)
State Regulatory Information:N/P. FED REGS (CONT'D): FUNC. POTASSIUM
IODIDE IS EXCRETED IN BREAST MILK POSSIBLY CAUSING SKIN RASH &
THYROID SUPPRESSION IN INFANT. REPROD EFTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RPTD IN
ANIMAL. POLYMERIZATION (CON'T): INTERHALOGENS: IGNITE ON CONTACT.
LITHIUM SILICIDE: IGNITES ON HEATING. MAGNESIUM: VIOLENT RXN IN
PRESENCE OF MOISTURE. MERCURY(II) AMIDE CHLORIDE+ETHANOL: DELAYED
EXPLOSION. METAL ACETYLIDES: IGNITI ON OR INCANDESCENT REACTION AT
ELEV OR AMBIENT TEMPS. METALS & ALLOYS: EXOTHERMIC RXN W/POSSIBLE
IGN ITION OR EXPLOSION. OXYGEN DIFLUORIDE: EXPLODES WHEN WARMED.
PHOSPHOROUS: IGNITION. POLYACETYLENE: EXPLO DECOMP @ 113C. SILVER
(OTHER INFO)