FISHER SCIENTIFIC -- CUPRIC CARBONATE  -- 6810-00N048718
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:CUPRIC CARBONATE
MSDS Date:06/11/1993
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N048718
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
City:FAIR LAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410
Country:US
Info Phone Num:201-796-7100
Emergency Phone Num:201-796-7100;800-424-9300(CHEMTREC)
CAGE:1B464
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO.  CHEMICAL MFG DIV
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
Box:City:FAIRLAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410-2802
Country:US
Phone:201-796-7100
CAGE:1B464

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:ING 19: SUBSEQUENT COURSES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 50 MG/KG/DAY.
    DAILY URINALYSES SHOULD NOT BE DONE DURING TREATMENT (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: PERIOD. DOSAGE SHOULD BE REDUCED IF ANY UNUSUAL
    URINARY FINDINGS APPEAR. INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION IS (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21: CONTRAINDICATED IN PRESENCE OF ELEVATED
    CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESS. PENICILLAMINE IS ALSO EFFECTIVE IN (ING
    23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22: COPPER POIS. GIVE UP TO 100 MG/KG/DAY (MAX 1 G/DAY)
    DIVIDED INTO 4 DOSES FOR NO LONGER THAN 1 WK. IF A (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: LONGER ADMIN PERIOD IS WARRANTED, DOSAGE SHOULD NOT
    EXCEED 40 MG/KG/DAY. GIVE DRUG ORALLY, HALF-HOUR (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: BEFORE MEALS. ANTIDOTE SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY
    QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5: SORE THROAT, ABDOM PAIN, DIARR & VOMIT. CHRONIC:
    INHAL: ATROPIC CHANGES IN MUC MEMB HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR(ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: EXTENDED EXPOS TO DUSTS OF COMPLEX COPPER SALTS.
    COPPER IONS MAY BE ABSORBED BY INHAL W/POSS SYSTEMIC TOX (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7: EFTS OF INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS, HEPATIC & RENAL
    NECROSIS. INHAL OF COPPER CONTAINING SPRAY IS REPORTED (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8: TO BE ASSOC W/INCRD INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER & POSS
    HEPATIC INJURY. SKIN: RPTD/PRLNG CONT MAY CAUSE DERM.(ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: SKIN SENSIT MAY OCCUR IN PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED PERS.
    GREENISH DISCOLORATION OF SKIN & HAIR HAS BEEN REPORTED(ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10: IN COPPER WORKERS. EYES: MAY CAUSE CONJ, PAIN, &
    BLURRED VISION. INGEST: HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IS PROMINENT (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: IN CHRONIC COPPER EXPOSURES IN ANIMALS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: LIDS, UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEM REMAINS (AT
    LEAST 15-20 MIN). CONTINUE IRRIGATING W/NORM SALINE (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: UNTIL PH HAS RETURNED TO NORM (30-60 MIN). COVER
    W/STERILE BANDAGES. GET MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST: DILUTE (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: POIS IMMED W/LGE AMTS OF WATER/MILK & REMOVE BY
    GASTRIC LAVAGE UNLESS VICTIM IS ALREADY VOMIT. GET MED (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: ATTN IMMED. ADMIN OF GASTRIC LAVAGE SHOULD BE
    PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED MED PERS. ANTIDOTE: COPPER POIS: (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: GIVE CALCIUM DISODIUM EDETATE 15-25 MG/KG
    (0.08-0.125 ML OF 20% SOLN PER KG BODY WT) IN 250-500 ML OF (ING
    18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17: 5% DEXTROSE INTRAVENOUSLY OVER 1-2 HR PERIOD TWICE
    DAILY. MAX DOSE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 50 MG/KG/DAY. DRUG (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: SHOULD BE GIVEN IN 5-DAY COURSES W/REST PERIOD OF
    AT LEAST 2 DAYS BETWEEN COURSES. AFTER FIRST COURSE, (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:COPPER (II) CARBONATE HYDROXIDE/CUPRIC CARBONATE, BASIC
    LD50 (ORAL RAT): 1350 MG/KG
CAS:12069-69-1
RTECS #:GL6910000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:SUP DAT: ANURIA W/RENAL NECROSIS MAY OCCUR IN 24-48 HRS DUE
    TO INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS. JAUN W/SOMETIMES (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2: PROGRESSIVE HEPATIC NECROSIS MAY OCCUR IN 2-3 DAYS.
    DEATH MAY BE PRECEDED BY CONVLS, PARAL/COMA. EARLY (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3: DEATH RSLTS FROM SHOCK & LATE DEATH FROM
    LIVER/KIDNEY FAILURE. GEN SOL IONIZED COPPER SALTS ARE MORE TOX
    (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: THAN INSOL/SLIGHTLY DISSOCIATED COPPER SALTS.
    THEREFORE, EFTS OF EXPOS TO CUPRIC CARBONATE MAY BE LIM TO (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:SEE INGREDIENT 1.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE: INHAL: COPPER DUSTS MAY
    IRRITATE RESP TRACT CAUSING SORE THROAT, COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BRTH,
    HDCH & POSS ULCERATION/PERFORATION OF NASAL SEPTUM. SKIN: MAY CAUSE
    IRRIT, REDNESS & PAIN. EYES: EXPOS	TO COPPER SALTS HAS CAUSED
    CONJ, PAIN,BLURRED VISION, ULCERATION, TURBIDITY & POSS PALPEBRAL
    EDEMA. (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: PARTICLES OF VERDIGRIS (MIX OF CUPRIC
    CARBONATE & COPPER OXIDES) PRDCED IMMED IRRIT & CONJ INFLAMM WHICH
    SUBSIDES AFTER CLEANSING. INGEST: VOMIT & COLLAPSE ARE PRINCIPAL
    EFTS OF METAL SALTS,  W/POSS TENESMUS, RETCHING, HEMOLYSIS,
    HEMATURIA, ANURIA, LIVER DMG W/JAUN, HYPOTENSION & CONVLS.
    OBJECTIONABLE(SUP DAT)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG STOPPED, PERFORM
    ARTF RESP. KEEP WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY &
    SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN: REMOVE CONTAM CLTHG & SHOES
    IMMED. WASH AFFE CTED AREA W/SOAP/MILD DETERGENT & LGE AMTS OF
    WATER UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED
    ATTN IMMED. EYES: WASH IMMED W/LGE AMTS OF WATER, OCCAS LIFTING
    UPPER & LOWER (ING 13)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point:NON-COMBUSTIBLE
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY/REGULAR
    FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG/REGULAR FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE
    EQUIP . NO ACUTE HAZARD. MOVE CONTAINER FROM FIRE AREA IF POSSIBLE.
    AVOID BREATHING VAPORS/DUSTS; KEEP UPWIND.
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NEGLIGIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO
    HEAT OR FLAME.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:NO SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS INDICATED.
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Other Precautions:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:USE NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATORS. TO 1000 MG/M3
    (TOTAL DUST): HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER WITH FULL
    FACEPIECE. 10,000 MG/M3 (TOTAL DUST): SUPPLIED-AIR RESPIRATOR WITH
    FULL FACEPIECE, HELMET/HOOD;  SCBA WITH FULL FACEPIECE.
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM TO MEET PUBLISHED
    EXPOSURE LIMITS.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:EMERGENCY EYEWASH AND DELUGE SHOWER MEETING
    ANSI DESIGN CRITERIA . WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
EFTS OF OVEREXP: TASTE IS A WARNING TO LIM EXPOS TO COPPER WHICH IS
    RARELY SEV IF PROMPTLY REMOVED BY EMESIS. COPPER IS AN ESSENTIAL
    TRACE MINERAL, BUT IN TOX AMTS MAY CAUSE GREEN VOMITUS, SEV HDCH, C
    OLD SWEAT, WEAK PULSE, EARLY CNS EXCITATION FOLLOWED BY DEPRESS,
    WIDESPREAD CAPILLARY DMG & CIRCULATORY SHOCK. (ING 2)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:392F,200C
Spec Gravity:4.0
Solubility in Water:INSOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:GREEN TO BLUE AMORPHOUS POWDER OR DARK-GREEN
    MONOCLINIC CRYSTALS

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
COPPER IONS CATALYZE THE VIGOROUS DECOMPOSITION OF SODIUM HYPOBROMITE.
Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
    PRESSURES.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE AND
    FEDERAL REGULATIONS .

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