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Lithium Carbonate Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet Common Name: LITHIUM CARBONATE Synonyms: Dilithium Carbonate; Carbolith CAS Number: 554-13-2 Chemical Name: Carbonic Acid, Dilithium Salt RTK Substance Number: 1124 Date: September 1998 Revision: January 2008 DOT Number: None Description and Use EMERGENCY RESPONDERS >>>> SEE BACK PAGE Lithium Carbonate is a white, light, odorless powder. It is Hazard Summary used in the production of glazes on ceramics and porcelain, in Hazard Rating NJDOH NFPA varnishes and dyes, as a coating on arc welding electrodes, HEALTH 1 - and in lubricating greases. It is also used as medication to FLAMMABILITY 0 - treat certain types of mental illness. REACTIVITY 0 - TERATOGEN POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE Hazard Rating Key: 0=minimal; 1=slight; 2=moderate; 3=serious; 4=severe Reasons for Citation f Lithium Carbonate is on the Right to Know Hazardous f Lithium Carbonate can affect you when inhaled. Substance List because it is cited by DEP and EPA. f Lithium Carbonate may be a TERATOGEN. HANDLE f This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance List. WITH EXTREME CAUTION. f Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. f Inhaling Lithium Carbonate can irritate the nose and throat. f Lithium Carbonate can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. f Inhaling Lithium Carbonate can irritate the lungs. Higher exposures may cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs SEE GLOSSARY ON PAGE 5. (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency. f Lithium Carbonate can cause headache, muscle FIRST AID weakness, confusion, seizures and coma. Eye Contact f Lithium Carbonate may cause a skin allergy. f Immediately flush with large amounts of water for at least 15 f High exposure may affect the thyroid gland and heart minutes, lifting upper and lower lids. Remove contact function, and may damage the kidneys. lenses, if worn, while rinsing. Skin Contact f Quickly remove contaminated clothing. Immediately wash Workplace Exposure Limits contaminated skin with large amounts of soap and water. No occupational exposure limits have been established for Lithium Carbonate. However, it may pose a health risk. Inhalation Always follow safe work practices. f Remove the person from exposure. f Begin rescue breathing (using universal precautions) if breathing has stopped and CPR if heart action has stopped. f Lithium Carbonate may be a teratogen in humans. All f Transfer promptly to a medical facility. contact with this chemical should be reduced to the lowest f Medical observation is recommended for 24 to 48 hours after possible level. overexposure, as pulmonary edema may be delayed. EMERGENCY NUMBERS Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 CHEMTREC: 1-800-424-9300 NJDEP Hotline: 1-877-927-6337 National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802 LITHIUM CARBONATE Page 2 of 6 Determining Your Exposure Cancer Hazard f According to the information presently available to the New f Read the product manufacturer’s Material Safety Data Jersey Department of Health, Lithium Carbonate has not Sheet (MSDS) and the label to determine product been tested for its ability to cause cancer in animals. ingredients and important safety and health information about the product mixture. Reproductive Hazard f Lithium Carbonate may be a TERATOGEN in humans f For each individual hazardous ingredient, read the New since it is a teratogen in animals. Jersey Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet, available on the RTK website Other Effects (www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb) or in your facility’s RTK f Lithium Carbonate may cause a skin allergy. If allergy Central File or Hazard Communication Standard file. develops, very low future exposure can cause itching and a skin rash. f You have a right to this information under the New Jersey f High exposure may affect the thyroid gland and heart Worker and Community Right to Know Act, the Public function. Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) Act f Long-term exposure may damage the kidneys. if you are a public worker in New Jersey, and under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) if you are a private worker. Medical f The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most Medical Testing employers to label chemicals in the workplace and Before beginning employment and at regular times after that, requires public employers to provide their employees with for frequent or potentially high exposures, the following are information concerning chemical hazards and controls. recommended: The federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) and the PEOSH Hazard Communication f Blood tests for Lithium level f Kidney function tests Standard (N.J.A.C. 12:100-7) require employers to provide f Evaluation of thyroid function similar information and training to their employees. If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the This Fact Sheet is a summary of available information following are recommended: regarding the health hazards that may result from exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other f Consider chest x-ray after acute overexposure factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the potential f Evaluation by a qualified allergist can help diagnose skin effects described below. allergy f EKG Health Hazard Information Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for Acute Health Effects damage already done are not a substitute for controlling The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur exposure. immediately or shortly after exposure to Lithium Carbonate: Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right f Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. to this information under the OSHA Access to Employee f Inhaling Lithium Carbonate can irritate the nose and throat. Exposure and Medical Records Standard (29 CFR 1910.1020). f Lithium Carbonate can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Mixed Exposures f Inhaling Lithium Carbonate can irritate the lungs causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher exposures may f Smoking can cause heart disease, lung cancer, cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), a emphysema, and other respiratory problems. It may worsen medical emergency, with severe shortness of breath. respiratory conditions caused by chemical exposure. Even if f Lithium Carbonate can cause headache, muscle you have smoked for a long time, stopping now will reduce weakness, muscle twitching, blurred vision, loss of your risk of developing health problems. coordination, confusion, seizures and coma. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at some time after exposure to Lithium Carbonate and can last for months or years: LITHIUM CARBONATE Page 3 of 6 Workplace Controls and Practices Eye Protection Very toxic chemicals, or those that are reproductive hazards or f Wear eye protection with side shields or goggles. sensitizers, require expert advice on control measures if a less f Wear a face shield along with goggles when working with toxic chemical cannot be substituted. Control measures corrosive, highly irritating or toxic substances. include: (1) enclosing chemical processes for severely irritating and corrosive chemicals, (2) using local exhaust Respiratory Protection ventilation for chemicals that may be harmful with a single Improper use of respirators is dangerous. Respirators exposure, and (3) using general ventilation to control should only be used if the employer has implemented a written exposures to skin and eye irritants. For further information on program that takes into account workplace conditions, workplace controls, consult the NIOSH document on Control requirements for worker training, respirator fit testing, and Banding at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ctrlbanding/. medical exams, as described in the OSHA Respiratory The following work practices are also recommended: Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). f Label process containers. f Where the potential exists for overexposure, use a NIOSH f Provide employees with hazard information and training. approved air-purifying, particulate filter respirator with an f Monitor airborne chemical concentrations. N95 filter. More protection is provided by a full facepiece f Use engineering controls if concentrations exceed respirator than by a half-mask respirator, and even greater recommended exposure levels. protection is provided by a powered-air purifying respirator. f Provide eye wash fountains and emergency showers. f Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a NIOSH f Wash or shower if skin comes in contact with a hazardous approved supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece material. operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure f Always wash at the end of the workshift. mode. For increased protection use in combination with an f Change into clean clothing if clothing becomes auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus operated in a contaminated. pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode. f Do not take contaminated clothing home. f Get special training to wash contaminated clothing. f Do not eat, smoke, or drink in areas where chemicals are being handled, processed or stored. Fire Hazards f Wash hands carefully before eating, smoking, drinking, If employees are expected to fight fires, they must be trained applying cosmetics or using the toilet. and equipped as stated in the OSHA Fire Brigades Standard (29 CFR 1910.156). In addition, the following may be useful or required: f Use dry chemical, CO , water spray or foam as extinguishing f Use a vacuum or a wet method to reduce dust during clean- 2 up. DO NOT DRY SWEEP. agents. f POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE, including Lithium Oxides. f Use water spray to keep fire-exposed containers cool. Personal Protective Equipment f Lithium Carbonate may ignite combustibles (wood, paper and oil). The OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR 1910.132) requires employers to determine the appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and to train employees on how and when to use protective equipment.
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