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HYDROQUINONE MONOMETHYLETHER (HQMME )

Section 1 - Chemical product and company identification :

Chemical Name : HYDROQUINONE MONOMETHYLETHER

Chemical name         :        4-Methoxyphenol
Product use               :        End-Product
CAS number             :        150-76-5
EINECS/ELINCS no    :        205- 769-8
Index 67/548/EEC     :        604-044-00- 7

Section 2 – COMPOSITION, INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS :

Chemical characterization: 4-Methoxyphenol

The trade product "HYDROQUINONEMONOMETHYLETHER" contains 99.5% or more of substance  4-Methoxyphenol and it does not contain intentionally added dangerous ingredients.

Section 3. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION:

The product is harmful following acute exposure to it and poses a serious health threat if ingested. If brought into contact with the eyes, the product causes considerable irritation which can last for over 24 hours. If brought into contact with the skin, the product may cause sensitisation of the skin.

Section 4. FIRST AID INFORMATION:

Contact with skin:
Immediately take off all contaminated clothing.
Areas of the body that have or are only even suspected of having come into contact with the product must be rinsed immediately with plenty of running water and possibly with soap.

Contact with eyes:
Wash immediately and thoroughly with running water, keeping eyelids raised, for at least 10 minutes. Following this, protect the eyes with sterile gauze or a clean, dry, handkerchief. OBTAIN A MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Swallowing:
Induce vomiting giving 500 ml of tepid water. SEEK A MEDICAL EXAMINATION IMMEDIATELY and present the safety-data sheet.

Inhalation:
Ventilate the premises. The patient has to be removed immediately from the contaminated premises and made to rest in a well ventilated area. Should the patient feel unwell, OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION.

Section 5. FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES:

The product is combustible.
Recommended extinguishers:
Water spray, CO2, Foam, Chemical powders, according to the materials involved in the fire. Cool the containers exposed to the fire with water spray.
Extinguishers not to be used:
Water jet.
Risks arising from combustion:
Avoid inhaling the fumes.
Protective equipment:
Wear helmet with visor, anti-fire paint jacket and trousers. Use self-containing breathing apparatus to protect the respiratory system.

Section 6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES:

Measures for personal safety:
Use a mask, gloves and protective clothing.
Environmental measures:
Avoid formation of dusts.
If the product  has escaped Into a water course, into the drainage system, or has contaminated the ground or vegetation, notify the competent authorities.
Cleaning methods:
Rapidly recover the product. To do so, wear a mask and protective clothing.
Prevent the product from entering the drainage system.
Recover the product for re-use if possible, or for elimination.
After the product has been recovered, rinse the area and materials involved with water avoiding to produce some more pollution.
Store in closed and marked containers.

Section 7. HANDLING AND STORAGE:

Handling precautions:
Avoid contact and inhalation of dusts. See, too, paragraph 8 below.
Draw up dusts close to the source of emission. Verify functionality of individual protection devices before use. Do not eat or drink while working.

This product presents a moderate dust explosion hazard. Dry dust can build static electricity charges when subjected to the friction of conveying, mixing or sliding. Provide adequate precautions, such as electrical grounding. or inert atmospheres when used in presence of flammable materials to prevent ignition.

Incompatible materials:
None in particular. See, too, paragraph 10.

Storage conditions:
Always keep the containers tightly closed.
Always keep in a well ventilated place.
The substance is stable in the normal atmospheric conditions and has duration 1 year/s at least from the production date, if correctly conserved and packed.

Instructions as regards storage premises:
Adequately ventilated premises and complete of eyewash fountain and emergency shower. Dispose on suitable floors and provided of spillage basins.

Section 8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS AND PERSONAL PROTECTION:

Precautionary measures:
Give adequate ventilation to the premises where the product is stored and/or handled.

Respiratory protection:
Not needed in adequately ventilated premises or when the exposure is not prolonged. Use an organic respirator for dust with interchanging P2 filters. Not to use in devoid oxygen atmospheres or contaminates from gas and injurious or toxic vapors.

Protection for hands:
Use protective gloves, resistant to chemical agents.(EN 374). Protective gloves must be chosen to second of the workplace. The specific suitable for the workplace would have to be cleared with the manufacturer of protective gloves. The information are based on own controls, bibliographical infon11ation and infon11ation of producers of
gloves, or are derived from analogies with similar substances. Lend attention to the last of a protecting glove from substances chemistries.

Eye protection:
Use close fitting safety goggles (ENI66). See also successive paragraph 11

Protection for skin:
Use clothing to complete protection of the skin which coveralls tyvec Pro Tech (EN467) or Pro Tech "C"(EN463-468)

Exposure limits of the contained substances:
4-Methoxyphenol
TLV TWA       : 5 mg/m3

Section 9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:

Section 10. STABILITY:

Conditions to avoid:
Influence of light, air and humidity results in coloration.
Stable under normal conditions.

Substances to avoid:
Oxidising products and concentrated alkalis.

Hazardous decomposition products:
In case thermal decomposition, it may form toxic fumes of Phenol and of Carbon oxides. It may generate flammable gases on contact with elementary metals (alkalis and alkaline earth), nitrides and powerful reducing agents.

Section 11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION:

4-Methoxyphenol
Harmful if swallowed, inhalated or adsorbed through the skin. It causes serious ocular irritation. It causes skin irritation. The product irritates the mucoses and the respiratory system. The effects, in relation to exposure, may vary from a light irritation to a serious destruction of tissues. Prolonged contact may cause ocular lesions.

Acute Toxicity Oral    :        LD50 oral-rat: 1600 mg/Kg
Skin or Eye contact   :        Irritating action data:
Skin-rabbit               :        6g/12 days -intermittent MILD

Section 12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION:

Adopt good working practices, so that the product is not released into the environment.
Acute Algae Toxicity :        Daphnia magna LCSO/24 hours = 13 mg/l

Section 13. DISPOSAL INFORMATION:

Recover, if possible. Send to authorized disposal plants or for incineration under controlled conditions. In so doing, comply with the local and national regulations currently in force.
Clean completely empty packaging and dispose excluding possible unauthorized re-use.
The contaminated empty packing from the product is considered a refusal of the same class of the content and must be dispose in agreement with the relative European norms.

Section 14. TRANSPORTATION IFORMATION:

Not classified as dangerous in the meaning of transport regulations.

Section 15. REGULATORY IFORMATION:

Directive 98/98/EEC (Classification and Labelling):
Symbols        :        Xn Harmful
R Phrases:
R22 Harmful if swallowed.
R36 irritating to eyes.
R43 May cause sensitization by skin contact.
S Phrases:
S24/25 Avoid contact with skin and eyes.
S26 In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice.
S37/39 Wear suitable gloves and eye/face protection.
S46 If swallowed, seek medical advice immediately and show this container or label.

Where applicable, refer to the following regulatory provisions :
Directive 98/98/EEC (Classification and Labelling):
Directive 96/82/EEC ('Activities linked to risks of serious accidents') and subsequent amendments.

Listed :         in TSCA, EC, Japan, Australia, China, Korea, DSL , PICCS, OSHA, NIOSH

Section 16. OTHER INFORMATION
For additional information concerning this product, contact the following:
PRODUCT EMERGENCIES

The data and recommendations presented in this data sheet concerning the use of our product and the materials contain there in are believed to be accurate and are based on information which is considered reliable as of the date hereof. However, the customer should determine the suitability of such material for his purpose before adopting them on a commercial scale. Since the use our products by others is beyond our control, no guarantee, express or implied, is made and no responsibility assumed for the use of this material or the results to be obtained there from. Information on this form is furnished for the purpose of compliance with Government Health and Safety Regulations and shall not be used for any other purposes. Moreover, the recommendations contained in this data sheet are not to be constructed as a license to operate under, or a recommendation to infringe, any existing patents, nor should they be confused with state, municipal or insurance requirements, or with national safety codes.