Acute toxicity - Category 4, Oral
Acute toxicity - Category 4, Inhalation
Carcinogenicity, Category 2
Reproductive toxicity, Additional category for effects on or via lactation
Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure, Category 1
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long-term (Chronic) - Category Chronic 2
Reproductive toxicity, Category 1B
H302 Harmful if swallowed
H332 Harmful if inhaled
H351 Suspected of causing cancer
H362 May cause harm to breast-fed children
H372 Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
H411 Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
P264 Wash ... thoroughly after handling.
P270 Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
P261 Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
P271 Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
P203 Obtain, read and follow all safety instructions before use.
P280 Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/...
P260 Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
P263 Avoid contact during pregnancy and while nursing.
P273 Avoid release to the environment.
P301+P317 IF SWALLOWED: Get medical help.
P330 Rinse mouth.
P304+P340 IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing.
P317 Get medical help.
P318 IF exposed or concerned, get medical advice.
P319 Get medical help if you feel unwell.
P391 Collect spillage.
P405 Store locked up.
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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Move the victim into fresh air. If breathing is difficult, give oxygen. If not breathing, give artificial respiration and consult a doctor immediately. Do not use mouth to mouth resuscitation if the victim ingested or inhaled the chemical.
Take off contaminated clothing immediately. Wash off with soap and plenty of water. Consult a doctor.
Rinse with pure water for at least 15 minutes. Consult a doctor.
Rinse mouth with water. Do not induce vomiting. Never give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. Call a doctor or Poison Control Center immediately.
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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 if necessary. Immediately flush contaminated eyes with gently flowing water. Do not induce vomiting. If vomiting occurs, lean patient forward or place on the 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. Poisons A and B
Suitable extinguishing media: Use water spray, alcohol-resistant foam, dry chemical or carbon dioxide.
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Wear self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighting if necessary.
Avoid dust formation. Avoid breathing mist, gas or vapours.Avoid contacting with skin and eye. Use personal protective equipment.Wear chemical impermeable gloves. Ensure adequate ventilation.Remove all sources of ignition. Evacuate personnel to safe areas.Keep people away from and upwind of spill/leak.
Prevent further spillage or leakage if it is safe to do so. Do not let the chemical enter drains. Discharge into the environment must be avoided.
ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES: Personal precautions, protective equipment and emergency procedures: Use personal protective equipment. Avoid breathing vapors, mist or gas. Ensure adequate ventilation. Evacuate personnel to safe areas; Environmental precautions: Prevent further leakage or spillage if safe to do so. Do not let product enter drains. Discharge into the environment must be avoided; Methods and materials for containment and cleaning up: Soak up with inert absorbent material and dispose of as hazardous waste. Keep in suitable, closed containers for disposal.
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.
Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Containers which are opened must be carefully resealed and kept upright to prevent leakage.
Component | Heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulphonic acid | |||
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CAS No. | 1763-23-1 | |||
Limit value - Eight hours | Limit value - Short term | |||
ppm | mg/m3 | ppm | mg/m3 | |
Germany (AGS) | ? | 0,01 inhalable aerosol | ? | 0,08 inhalable aerosol (1) |
Germany (DFG) | ? | 0,01 inhalable aerosol | ? | 0,08 inhalable aerosol (1) |
Sweden | 200 | 900 | 300 (1) | 1400 (1) |
Switzerland | ? | 0,01 inhalable aerosol | ? | 0,08 inhalable aerosol |
Remarks | ||||
Germany (AGS) | (1) 15 minutes average value | |||
Germany (DFG) | (1) 15 minutes average value | |||
Sweden | (1) Short-term value, 15 minutes average value |
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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 tightly fitting safety goggles with side-shields conforming to EN 166(EU) or NIOSH (US).
Wear fire/flame resistant and impervious clothing. Handle with gloves. Gloves must be inspected prior to use. Wash and dry hands. The selected protective gloves have to satisfy the specifications of EU Directive 89/686/EEC and the standard EN 374 derived from it.
If the exposure limits are exceeded, irritation or other symptoms are experienced, use a full-face respirator.
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Liquid
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90°C
260°C
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Lower flammable limit: 6% by volume; Upper flammable limit: 36% by volume
11°C
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In water, 3.2X10-3 mg/L at 25 deg C (est)
log Kow = 4.49 (est)
2.0X10-3 mm Hg at 25 deg C /estimated by extrapolation of the boiling pt and two reduced pressure boiling pts (6 mm Hg at 133 deg C and 10 mm Hg at 145 deg C) via Antoine method fit/
1.837 g/cm3
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Stable under recommended storage conditions.
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Incompatible materials: Strong oxidizing agents
When heated to decomposition it emits toxic vapors of /sulfur oxides/ and /fluorine/.
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AEROBIC: Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid is resistant to biodegradation(1) and does not biodegrade under typical environmental conditions(2). Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, 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(3). Using an activated sludge inoculum and the manometric respirometry test, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, present at 100 mg/L in 250 mL of inoculated medium as nominal source of organic carbon and stirred in a closed flask at 22 deg C for up to 28 days, obtained 0% of its theoretical BOD in four weeks(4). Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid was not degraded from an initial concentration of 5 mg/L in aerobic sewage sludge in a laboratory reactor over a 20-week period(1,5).
A BCF range of 200-1500 was measured in fish for the potassium salt of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid using carp (Cyprinus carpio) which were exposed over a 58-day period at concentrations of 2 and 20 ug/L(1). Using bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) exposed to 86 ug/L of the potassium salt of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid for a 62-day period in a flow-through test, BCF values of 484 and 856 where determined for the edible and whole tissue respectively(2). According to a classification scheme(3), these BCF values suggest the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is high to very high(SRC). Blackrock fish (Sebastes schlegeli) exposed to the potassium salt of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid for 28 days had serum and liver BCF values of 4714-6687 and 950-1475 respectively(4). Field-based BCF values of 830-26000 (whole body) where derived for catfish and largemouth bass collected from the Tennessee River in Alabama, whereas laboratory whole-body BCF values ranged from 700-3000 depending on species and concentration(2). A field-based geometric mean BCF of 10,964 for serum perfluorooctane sulfonate was determined for wild turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans and Chinemys reevesii) collected in Japan(5).
A literature review of Koc values derived from laboratory sorption experiments using a variety of soils and sediments found the average and median log Koc values for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid to be 3.0 and 2.8(1), respectively, which correspond to Koc values of 1000 and 630(SRC); the log Koc range was 2.4 to 4.7 (Koc of 250 to 50,100)(1). Partitioning experiments using three sediments taken from the Tokyo Bay, Bay determined mean log Koc values 3.4 to 3.7 for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (Koc values of 2510 to 5010)(2). A laboratory-derived mean log Koc of 2.57 for perfluorooctanoic acid on sediments has been reported(3) corresponding to a Koc of 370(SRC). A log Koc of 3.34 (Koc of 2190) was measured for an agricultural soil from an area where municipal biosolids had been applied(4). According to a classification scheme(5), the average and mean Koc values derived in laboratory tests suggest that perfluorooctane sulfonic acid is expected to have low mobility in soil. The range of Koc values (log 2.4-4.7) suggest that perfluorooctane sulfonic acid may have moderate mobility to immobility in soil. The pKa of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid is <1.0(6), 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(7). The strength of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid sorption to sediment and suspended material in water can vary depending on the nature of the sediment material with respect to pH, organic content, mineral content, salinity and other factors(1,2). Sorption in sediment was found to increase with increasing Ca(2+) and decreasing pH and be affected more by organic carbon than iron oxide content(3). In marine environments where suspended solid concentrations are low, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid may be transported in dissolved phase rather than being adsorbed to suspended solids(2). Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid is thought to adsorb strongly to soil and sediment, based on reported Kd and Freundlich adsorption coefficient values of 18.3 and 25.1, respectively, in clay; 9.72 and 14.0, respectively, in clay loam; 35.3 and 28.2, respectively, in sandy loam; and 7.42 and 8.70, respectively, in river sediment(8). A Koc of 710 was calculated for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid based on Kd values for six soils(9).
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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: UN2923 (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: UN2923 (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: UN2923 (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: CORROSIVE SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S. (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: CORROSIVE SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S. (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: CORROSIVE SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S. (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: 8 (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: 8 (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: 8 (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: I (For reference only, please check.)
IMDG: I (For reference only, please check.)
IATA: I (For reference only, please check.)
ADR/RID: Yes
IMDG: Yes
IATA: Yes
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