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Ingredients:
Chemical CAS# or ID %
Alachlor
015972-60-8 45.1
Chlorobenzene
000108-90-7 >26-<30
Hydrocarbon solvent (unspecified)
999999-90-6 >19-<24
Emulsifier(s) (unspecified)
999999-58-8 >4.5-<6
Naphthalene
000091-20-3 >0.09-<0.15

PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
Hazards to Humans and Domestic Animals
Keep out of reach of children.
ACUTE & CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS
Acute Health Effects:
From MSDS
Potential Health Affects:
Likely routes of exposure - Skin contact, eye contact, inhalation
Eye contact, short term - risk of serious damage to eyes. Eye injury may be permanent.
Skin contact, short term - Irritating to skin. May cause allergic skin reaction.
Inhalation, short term - Irritating to respiratory system.
Single ingestion - Harmful if swallowed.
Chronic Health Effects:
From MSDS
MONOCHLOROBENZENE:
INHALATION, EXCESSIVE, NON OCCUPATIONAL, OCCUPATIONAL:
Gastro-intestinal effects: liver damage
Urological/renal effects: kidney damage
General/systemic effects: fatigue
INGESTION: May cause effects similar to those described above.

NAPHTHALENE:
SKIN EFFECTS: sensitization
EYE CONTACT, REPEATED, OCCUPATIONAL: Clouding of eye (opacity of cornea)
INHALATION, EXCESSIVE, OCCUPATIONAL, NON OCCUPATIONAL: Eye nerve inflammation (retrobulbar and/or optic neuritis; skin yellowing (jaundice); urinary bladder inflammation (cystitis); destruction of red cells (hemolysis), methemoglobinemia; blood in urine (hematuria)
INGESTION: May cause effects similar to those described under Inhalation.
Carcinogenicity:
From MSDS
May cause cancer.
IARC Classification: Naphthalene Category 2B.

The state of California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 requires the following label on this product. WARNING! This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer.