Common Name: TOLUENE
CAS Number: 108-88-3
DOT Number: UN 1294
HAZARD SUMMARY
* Toluene can affect you when breathed in and by passing through your skin.
* Toluene should be handled as a TERATOGEN--WITH
EXTREME CAUTION.(Ed. A teratogen causes birth defects)
* It may damage the developing fetus.
* Contact can irritate the skin and eyes.
* Breathing Toluene can irritate the nose and throat causing coughing and wheezing.
* Exposure to Toluene can affect the nervous system causing trouble concentrating, headaches and slowed reflexes.
Higher levels can cause you to feel dizzy, lightheaded, and to pass out. Death may occur.
* Prolonged contact can cause drying of the skin and a skin rash.
* Repeated Toluene exposure may cause liver, kidney and brain damage.
* Toluene is a FLAMMABLE LIQUID and a FIRE
HAZARD.