Carbofuran SDS

Acute toxicity - Category 2, Oral

Acute toxicity - Category 2, Inhalation

Hazardous to the aquatic environment, short-term (Acute) - Category Acute 1

Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long-term (Chronic) - Category Chronic 1

H300 Fatal if swallowed

H330 Fatal if inhaled

H410 Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects

P264 Wash ... thoroughly after handling.

P270 Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.

P260 Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.

P271 Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.

P284 [In case of inadequate ventilation] wear respiratory protection.

P273 Avoid release to the environment.

P301+P316 IF SWALLOWED: Get emergency medical help immediately.

P321 Specific treatment (see ... on this label).

P330 Rinse mouth.

P304+P340 IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing.

P316 Get emergency medical help immediately.

P320 Specific treatment is urgent (see ... on this label).

P391 Collect spillage.

P405 Store locked up.

P403+P233 Store in a well-ventilated place. Keep container tightly closed.

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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Fresh air, rest. Artificial respiration may be needed. Refer for medical attention. See Notes.

Remove contaminated clothes. Rinse and then wash skin with water and soap.

First rinse with plenty of water for several minutes (remove contact lenses if easily possible), then refer for medical attention.

Give a slurry of activated charcoal in water to drink. Refer for medical attention . See Notes.

This material is extremely poisonous. May be fatal if swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed through skin. Contact may burn skin or eyes. Probable lethal oral dose to humans 5 to 50 mg/kg or 7 drops to 1 teaspoon for 150 lb. person. (EPA, 1998)

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 as necessary. Immediately flush contaminated eyes with gently flowing water. Do not induce vomiting. If vomiting occurs, lean patient forward or place on 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. Carbamates and related compounds

If material on fire or involved in fire: Do not extinguish fire unless flow can be stopped. Use water in flooding quantities as fog. Cool all affected containers with flooding quantities of water. Apply water from as far a distance as possible. Solid streams of water may be ineffective. Use foam, dry chemical or carbon dioxide. Carbofuran (Carbamate pesticides, liquid, toxic)

May release nitrogen oxides. Containers may explode in heat of fire. Avoid alkalies. Stable under neutral or acid conditions. (EPA, 1998)

In case of fire in the surroundings, use appropriate extinguishing media.

Personal protection: self-contained breathing apparatus. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Sweep spilled substance into covered containers. If appropriate, moisten first to prevent dusting. Carefully collect remainder. Then store and dispose of according to local regulations.

Personal protection: self-contained breathing apparatus. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Sweep spilled substance into covered containers. If appropriate, moisten first to prevent dusting. Carefully collect remainder. Then store and dispose of according to local regulations.

Treatment techniques which may be effective in removing carbofuran from drinking water: include adsorption on granular activated carbon (GAC) or powdered activated carbon (PAC), reverse osmosis (RO), and oxidation by ozone, or ozone/ultraviolet.

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.

Provision to contain effluent from fire extinguishing. Separated from food and feedstuffs. Keep in a well-ventilated room.Separated from food and feedstuffs. Keep in a well-ventilated room.

TLV: 0.1 mg/m3, as TWA; A4 (not classifiable as a human carcinogen); BEI issued

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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 safety spectacles or eye protection in combination with breathing protection.

Protective gloves.

Use ventilation (not if powder), local exhaust or breathing protection.

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Decomposes on heating. This produces toxic fumes including nitrogen oxides.

Stable under neutral or acid conditions, unstable in alkaline media

CARBOFURAN is a carbamate ester. Carbamates are chemically similar to, but more reactive than amides. Like amides they form polymers such as polyurethane resins. Carbamates are incompatible with strong acids and bases, and especially incompatible with strong reducing agents such as hydrides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen is produced by the combination of active metals or nitrides with carbamates. Strongly oxidizing acids, peroxides, and hydroperoxides are incompatible with carbamates. This compound is unstable in an alkaline media. (NTP, 1992).

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Alkaline substances, acid, strong oxidizers (e.g., perchlorates, peroxides, chlorates, nitrates, permanganates).

When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of /nitrogen oxides/.

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Cancer Classification: Not Likely to be Carcinogenic to Humans

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The substance may cause effects on the nervous system. This may result in convulsions and respiratory depression. Cholinesterase inhibition. The effects may be delayed. Exposure could cause death. Medical observation is indicated.

Cholinesterase inhibition. Cumulative effects are possible. See Acute Hazards/Symptoms.

Evaporation at 20°C is negligible; a harmful concentration of airborne particles can, however, be reached quickly on spraying or when dispersed, especially if powdered.

AEROBIC: Under laboratory conditions and 8 weeks of incubation, 77% of applied carbofuran remained in sterile muck while only 25% remained in non-sterile muck; 50% remained in sterile loam while none remained in non-sterile loam(1). The rate of CO2 release two weeks after incubating a vineyard soil with carbofuran was 40 times greater than when the soil had been autoclaved(2). Carbofuran was rapidly lost from cornfield soils both with and without a history of carbofuran use, but virtually no loss was observed when the soil was autoclaved(3). The main metabolite of carbofuran in soil is 3-ketocarbofuran; small amounts of 3-hydroxycarbofuran, carbofuran phenol, and 3-ketocarbofuran phenol were also present(4). The dominant fate of the carbonyl group of carbofuran, once added to non-history soils, is hydrolysis of the carbamate bond followed by rapid mineralization of the methylamine(5). Non-sterile samples exhibited a lag phase followed by a period of rapid hydrolysis; the reaction is essentially complete after 14 days with CO2 production from 77.6-100% of the added labeled carbofuran(5). A half-life of 8-10 days was determined for carbofuran in paddy soils. In pond water, a biodegradation half-life of 2 days was reported for early rice and 5-6 days for late rice treated with carbofuran(6). Carbofuran dissipation from paddy water was rapid with an estimated dissipation time for 50% initial concentration (DT50) of 3 days and a DT95 of 13 days; the DT50 from paddy soil was about 10 days and the DT95 was 42 days; dissipation was due to both hydrolysis and biodegradation(7).

A BCF for carbofuran of 117 was measured using Tilapia nilotica which were exposed over a 30-day period(1). According to a classification scheme(2), this BCF suggests bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is high(SRC), provided the compound is not metabolized by the organism(SRC).

The Koc of carbofuran was studied in 43 surface soils (0-15 cm) from Sri Lanka, 28 soils were from the wet zone, 15 from the dry zone, Koc values ranged from 7.3 to 120.6 with a mean and median of 41.65 and 36.1, respectively(1). The Koc range of 8 European soils was determined to be 48.6 to 110.0(2). Carbofuran had an average Koc of 105 measured in three soils with an organic content ranging from 0.68 to 2.01%(3). A mean Koc value of 29.4 was determined for 5 different soils(4). Based on measured Rf values, carbofuran was found to be mobile to very mobile in sandy soil, sandy loam, silty clay, and silty loam soil, moderately mobile in silty clay and silty clay loam soil, and only slightly mobile in muck soil(5). Koc values ranging from 24 to 123 were determined for sand, sandy loam, creek sediment, and an organic soil(6). According to a recommended classification scheme(7), these measured Koc values indicate that carbofuran has very high to high mobility in soil(SRC). Laboratory studies found carbofuran leached through soil, but tests in a corn field found that carbofuran traveled only to a depth of 7.5 cm over 22 weeks which included periods of heavy rain; the formulated product was found to leach less than the technical product(8). Carbofuran adsorbed more strongly to red loam soil than sandy loam soil with adsorption due to organic matter and clay content of the soil(9). Carbofuran was detected in agricultural drain water from a rice growing area at a total of 1.72-11.03% during a 54-80 day period after flooding(10).

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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: UN2992 (For reference only, please check.)

IMDG: UN2992 (For reference only, please check.)

IATA: UN2992 (For reference only, please check.)

ADR/RID: CARBAMATE PESTICIDE, LIQUID, TOXIC (For reference only, please check.)

IMDG: CARBAMATE PESTICIDE, LIQUID, TOXIC (For reference only, please check.)

IATA: CARBAMATE PESTICIDE, LIQUID, TOXIC (For reference only, please check.)

ADR/RID: 6.1 (For reference only, please check.)

IMDG: 6.1 (For reference only, please check.)

IATA: 6.1 (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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Specific treatment is necessary in case of poisoning with this substance; the appropriate means with instructions must be available.Do NOT take working clothes home.Carrier solvents used in commercial formulations may change physical and toxicological properties.If the substance is formulated with solvents also consult the ICSCs of these materials.