Acute toxicity - Category 3, Oral
Acute toxicity - Category 3, Dermal
Acute toxicity - Category 3, Inhalation
Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure, Category 2
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, short-term (Acute) - Category Acute 1
H301 Toxic if swallowed
H311 Toxic in contact with skin
H331 Toxic if inhaled
H373 May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
H400 Very toxic to aquatic life
P264 Wash ... thoroughly after handling.
P270 Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
P280 Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/...
P261 Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
P271 Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
P260 Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
P273 Avoid release to the environment.
P301+P316 IF SWALLOWED: Get emergency medical help immediately.
P321 Specific treatment (see ... on this label).
P330 Rinse mouth.
P302+P352 IF ON SKIN: Wash with plenty of water/...
P316 Get emergency medical help immediately.
P361+P364 Take off immediately all contaminated clothing and wash it before reuse.
P304+P340 IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing.
P319 Get medical help if you feel unwell.
P391 Collect spillage.
P405 Store locked up.
P403+P233 Store in a well-ventilated place. Keep container tightly closed.
P501 Dispose of contents/container to an appropriate treatment and disposal facility in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and product characteristics at time of disposal.
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Fresh air, rest.
Remove contaminated clothes. Rinse and then wash skin with water and soap. Refer immediately for medical attention .
First rinse with plenty of water for several minutes (remove contact lenses if easily possible), then refer for medical attention.
Rest. Refer immediately for medical attention. See Notes.
Dust: poisonous if inhaled or if skin is exposed. solid: poisonous if swallowed. (uscg, 1999)
Immediate first aid: Ensure that adequate decontamination has been carried out. If patient is not breathing, start artificial respiration, preferably with a demand-valve resuscitator, bag-valve-mask device, or pocket mask, as trained. Perform CPR as necessary. Immediately flush contaminated eyes with gently flowing water. Do not induce vomiting. If vomiting occurs, lean patient forward or place on left side (head-down position, if possible) to maintain an open airway and prevent aspiration. Keep patient quiet and maintain normal body temperature. Obtain medical attention. Dinitrophenol and Related Compounds
If material on fire or involved in fire: Do not extinguish fire unless flow can be stopped. Use water in flooding quantities as fog. Solid streams of water may be ineffective. Cool all affected containers with flooding quantities of water. Apply water from as far a distance as possible. Use foam, dry chemical, or carbon dioxide. Dinitrophenol solutions
Combustible. May explode if subjected to heat or flame. POISONOUS GAS IS PRODUCED WHEN HEATED. Vapors are toxic. Can detonate or explode when heated under confinement. (USCG, 1999)
Use water in large amounts. In case of fire: keep drums, etc., cool by spraying with water. Combat fire from a sheltered position.
Evacuate danger area! Consult an expert! Personal protection: complete protective clothing including self-contained breathing apparatus. Do not allow to dry out. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Sweep spilled substance into containers. Carefully collect remainder. Store and dispose of according to local regulations.
Evacuate danger area! Consult an expert! Personal protection: complete protective clothing including self-contained breathing apparatus. Do not allow to dry out. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Sweep spilled substance into containers. Carefully collect remainder. Store and dispose of according to local regulations.
Evacuate persons not wearing protective equipment from area of spill or leak until clean-up is complete. Remove all ignition sources. Wet spilled material with water. Collect powdered material in the most convenient and safe manner and deposit in sealed containers. Ventilate area after clean-up is complete. It may be necessary to contain and dispose of this chemical as a hazardous waste. Keep dinitrophenol out of a confined space, such as a sewer, because of the possibility of an explosion, unless the sewer is designed to prevent the build-up of explosive concentrations. If material or contaminated runoff enters waterways, notify downstream users of potentially contaminated waters. Contact your Department of Environmental Protection of your regional office of the federal EPA for specific recommendations.
NO open flames, NO sparks and NO smoking. Do NOT expose to friction or shock. Use non-sparking handtools. Prevent deposition of dust. Closed system, dust explosion-proof electrical equipment and lighting. Handling in a well ventilated place. Wear suitable protective clothing. Avoid contact with skin and eyes. Avoid formation of dust and aerosols. Use non-sparking tools. Prevent fire caused by electrostatic discharge steam.
Fireproof. Store in an area without drain or sewer access. Provision to contain effluent from fire extinguishing. Cool. Separated from combustible substances, reducing agents and food and feedstuffs./Dinitrophenol/ ... should be stored in a cool ventilated place away from area of acute fire hazard and away from powerful oxidizing agents. Dinitrophenol
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Ensure adequate ventilation. Handle in accordance with good industrial hygiene and safety practice. Set up emergency exits and the risk-elimination area.
Wear safety goggles.
Protective gloves. Protective clothing.
Use local exhaust or breathing protection.
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Solid. Platelets or leaflets, crystals.
Yellow.
SWEET, MUSTY ODOR
>= 112 - <= 114 °C.
312.1°C at 760 mmHg
Combustible. Gives off irritating or toxic fumes (or gases) in a fire.
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142.8°C
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pH range: 2.6 Colorless, 4.4 Yellow
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>27.6 [ug/mL]
log Pow = 1.54. Remarks:No further information available.
1.49 mm Hg. Temperature:18 °C.
1.683 g/cm3. Temperature:24 °C.
6.35 (vs air)
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May decompose explosively on shock, friction or concussion. May explode on heating. Mixtures with alkalis, ammonia and most metals are shock-sensitive. Decomposes on heating. This produces toxic gases including nitrogen oxides. See Notes.
Appear to be stable in acid solution, but are susceptible to decomposition by UV radiation in alkaline solutions. Dintrophenols
The flammability of the solution depends on the nature of the solvent. Dintrophenol is combustible though it may require some effort to ignite. /Dinitrophenol solutions/Dust explosion possible if in powder or granular form, mixed with air.2,4-DINITROPHENOL may explode if subjected to heat or flame. May explode if allowed to dry out. Forms explosive salts with alkalis and ammonia. Incompatible with heavy metals and their compounds. Also incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong bases and reducing agents. Reacts with combustibles. (NTP, 1992)
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Contact with reducing agents, combustibles may cause fire and explosions. Forms shock-sensitive explosive salts with ammonia, strong bases, and most metals. May accumulate static electrical charges /which/ may cause ignition of its vapors.
When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of /nitroxides/.
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Case reports of women taking 2,4-dinitrophenol orally for weight loss suggest that it may affect the female reproductive system, but the limited information is inconclusive. One study reported an increased incidence of stillborn animals and increased pup mortality in the offspring of animals exposed to 2,4-dintrophenol by gavage.
The substance may be irritating to the eyes and skin.
Repeated or prolonged contact with skin may cause dermatitis. The substance may have effects on the metabolism. This may result in cataract, cardiovascular disorders and nervous system impairment.
A nuisance-causing concentration of airborne particles can be reached quickly when dispersed.
AEROBIC: 2,4-Dinitrophenol, present at 100 mg/L, reached 0% of its theoretical BOD in 4 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test(1). It is reported that nitrophenols can inhibit aerobic microbial growth by uncoupling the metabolic process of oxidative phosphorylation(2). Static incubation of 5 and 10 mg/L of 2,4-dinitrophenol seeded with settled domestic wastewater resulted in 60 and 68% degradation, respectively, in 7 days(3). Oxygen uptake by mixed cultures of phenol adapted microorganisms suggests that 2,4-dinitrophenol was slowly degraded under aerobic conditions(4-5). Possible biotransformation processes of 2,4-dinitrophenol are: reduction of the nitro group, hydroxylation of the aromatic ring and displacement of the nitro group by a hydroxy group(6). A pure culture of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum was found to reduce 2,4-dinitrophenol to 2-amino-4-nitrophenol and 4-amino-2-nitrophenol(6). Nitrite release has been observed during the metabolism of 2,4-dinitrophenol by pure cultures of Nocardia alba, Arthrobacter and Corynebacterium simplex(6). The biodegradation half-life of 2,4-dinitrophenol in an acidic soil was reported as 32.1 days and the biodegradation half-life in a basic soil was reported as 4.6 days(7). The half-life for 2,4-dinitrophenol was measured in field studies to be 3-263 days at an application rate of 1.5 kg/ha, however degradation was not specified as abiotic or biodegradation(8).
BCF values of <0.4-0.7 and <3.7 were measured in carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed over a 6 week incubation period at 2,4-dinitrophenol concentrations of 50 and 5 ug/L, respectively(1). According to a classification scheme(2), these BCFs suggest the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is low(SRC).
2,4-Dinitrophenol has a measured Koc of 13.5 in alluvial sandy loam (7.8% clay, 30% silt, 62.2% sand, 1.1% organic matter, pH 8.1)(1). 2,4-Dinitrophenol also has a measured Koc of 16.6(2). According to a classification scheme(3), these Koc values suggest that 2,4-dinitrophenol is expected to have very high mobility in soil. The pKa of 2,4-dinitrophenol is 4.09(4), indicating that this compound will exist almost entirely in anion form in the environment and anions generally do not adsorb more strongly to soils containing organic carbon and clay than their neutral counterparts(5). This can be seen in the measured Koc values(SRC).
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The material can be disposed of by removal to a licensed chemical destruction plant or by controlled incineration with flue gas scrubbing. Do not contaminate water, foodstuffs, feed or seed by storage or disposal. Do not discharge to sewer systems.
Containers can be triply rinsed (or equivalent) and offered for recycling or reconditioning. Alternatively, the packaging can be punctured to make it unusable for other purposes and then be disposed of in a sanitary landfill. Controlled incineration with flue gas scrubbing is possible for combustible packaging materials.
ADR/RID: UN0076 (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: UN0076 (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: UN0076 (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: DINITROPHENOL, dry or wetted with less than 15% water, by mass? (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: DINITROPHENOL, dry or wetted with less than 15% water, by mass? (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: DINITROPHENOL, dry or wetted with less than 15% water, by mass? (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: 1.1D (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: 1.1D (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: 1.1D (For reference only, please check.)
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IATA: (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: Yes
IMDG: Yes
IATA: Yes
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Use all available methods for reducing body temperature.Because of its explosive properties, the compound is used in the form of a water paste.UN 0076 applies to the dry compound or wetted with less than 15% water (Hazard class 1, Subsidiary Risks 6.1). UN 1320 applies to compound wetted with no less than 15% waterCAS 25550-58-7 applies to unspecified isomers of dinitrophenol.