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Part A: Information on the Hazardous Substances Date Aug 2019

High exposure to Sodium Silicofluoride can cause a salty or a soapy taste in the
mouth, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea, muscle weakness,
tremors, loss of consciousness, convulsions and death. Repeated high exposure can
cause deposits of fluorides in the bones and teeth, conditioning fluorosis. This can
cause pain, disability, and mottling of the teeth.

A.3.2.3 Toxicity and Environmental Hazard

Sodium Silicofluoride is not hazardous to the environment. However, excessive
release of the chemical into the environment may harm plants and animals.

An overview of hazards is described in Table A.3.0

Hazardous Fire and Explosion Safety and Health Environmental
Substance Hazard Hazard Hazard

• May not cause any • Chlorine gas is • Chlorine is very
fire and explosion. primarily a toxic to aquatic
respiratory irritant. life.
• Support
combustion under • Chlorine gas may
certain conditions. produce physical
effects of frostbite
injury through
contact with and
expansion of liquid
Chlorine into the gaseous
phase.

• Chlorine gas able
to produce severe
toxic effects in the
upper and lower
respiratory tract
and any mucus
membranes,
including the eyes.
• Sodium • Irritate the skin • Sodium
Silicofluoride is causing a rash or Silicofluoride is not
unlikely to cause burning feeling on hazardous to the
Sodium either fire or contact. environment.
Silicofluoride
explosion.
• Irritation to the • Excessive release
eyes on contact. of the chemical