MSDS Name: 10% Neutral buffered formalin
Catalog Numbers:
NC9638612, NC9638613, 023-798, 027-274, 028-866, 032-059, 032-060, 032-067,
032-069, 035-159, 037-238, 037-239, 038-528, 045-112, 23-005-155,
23-005-193, 23-005-500, 23-011-120, 23-111-114, 23-111-123, 23011112,
23023798, 23027274, 23028866, 23032059, 23032060, 23032067, 23032069,
23035159, 23037238, 23037239, 23038528, 23045111, 23045112, 23245684,
23245685, 23253998, 23286200, 23305510, 23314028, 23314029, 23314033,
23314034, 23314035, 23314036, 23314037, 23314038, 23314039, 23314040,
23316154, 23316155, 23316156, 23426796, 23426797, 23427098, 245-684,
245-685, 253-998, 286-200, 305-510, 314-025, 314-026, 314-028, 314-029,
314-030, 314-033, 314-034, 314-035, 314-038, 316-154, 316-155, 316-156,
316154, 316155, 316156, 426-796, 426-797, 427-098, 57011, 57011-16,
57011-GA, 57011A, 59001-20
Synonyms:
None.
Company Identification:
Fisher Scientific
1 Reagent Lane
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
For information, call: 201-796-7100
Emergency Number: 201-796-7100
For CHEMTREC assistance, call: 800-424-9300
For International CHEMTREC assistance, call: 703-527-3887
Appearance: colorless liquid. Flash Point: > 200 deg F.
Warning! Harmful if inhaled. Harmful if absorbed
through the skin. Contains formaldehyde which can cause cancer. May
cause severe skin irritation. May cause allergic respiratory and skin
reaction. May cause respiratory tract irritation. May cause eye
irritation and transient injury. May cause lung damage. May cause
pulmonary edema. May cause reproductive and fetal effects.
Target Organs: Lungs, respiratory system, eyes,
skin.
Potential Health Effects
Eye:
May cause severe eye irritation. May result in corneal injury.
Skin:
May cause skin irritation. May cause severe skin irritation. Harmful
if absorbed through the skin. May cause skin sensitization, an
allergic reaction, which becomes evident upon re-exposure to this
material. In severe cases may produce blistering, scaling and
cracking.
Ingestion:
Harmful if swallowed. May cause irritation of the digestive tract.
Ingestion may cause violent vomiting and diarrhea leading to
collapse.
May cause systemic toxicity including central nervous system
depression, convulsions, coma, and possible death due to respiratory
Inhalation:
Harmful if inhaled. May cause irritation of the respiratory tract
with burning pain in the nose and throat, coughing, wheezing,
shortness of breath and pulmonary edema. May cause asthmatic attacks
due to allergic sensitization of the respiratory tract. May cause
pulmonary edema and severe respiratory disturbances.
Chronic:
Contains formaldehyde which can cause cancer in humans. There is
sufficient evidence that formaldehyde causes nasopharyngeal cancer in
humans, a rare cancer in developed countries. There is limited
evidence that formaldehyde causes cancer of the nasal cavity and
paranasal sinuses and strong but not sufficient evidence for
leukemia.