HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS

 

Listing of Substances Whose Hazardous Nature Is Greater Than Their Potential Usefulness

 

Acryl nitrite                                                               Phosphorus (red and white)

Ammonium chromate                                               Phosphorus peroxide

Aniline                                                                      Picric Acid

Aniline hydrochloride                                               Potassium sulfide

Anthracene                                                                Pyridine

Antimony trichoride                                                  Pyrogatic Acid

Arsenic                                                                      Selenium

Arsenic chloride                                                        Silver cyanide

Arsenic peroxide                                                       Silver oxide

Arsenic trichoride                                                      Silver nitrate

Asbestos                                                                    Sodium azide

Benzene                                                                     Sodium chromate

Calcium cyanide                                                       Sodium, metal

Calcium fluoride                                                       Sodium nitrite

Chlorine                                                                    Stannic chloride

Chloroform                                                               Steeric Acid

Chromium                                                                 Strontium

Chromium oxide                                                       Strontium nitrate

Dichlorobenzene                                                       Sudan IV

Dichloroethane                                                          Talc

Dimethanline                                                             Tannic Acid

Ethylene dichloride                                                   Tetrabromoethane

Ethylene oxide                                                          Uranium

Gunpowder                                                               Uethane

Hydrobromic Acid                                                    Wood’s metal

Hydrofloric Acid

Indigo carmine

Lead arsenate

Lithium, metal

Lithium nitrate

Magnesium, metal powder

Mercury (and its compounds)

Methylene

Methyl iodine

Methyl methacrylene

Methyl orange

Methyl red

Nickel oxide

Nicotine

Paris green

Phenol

Chemicals Whose Toxicity, Carcinogenicity, Flammability, And/Or Explosive Propensity Preclude Their Use In A School Setting

 

Acetamine

Acid green

Aluminum chloride

Ammonium bichoromate

Antimony

Barium chloride

Benzene

Bromine

Cadmium compounds (all)

Chromic Acid

Chromium acetate

Cobalt, metal

Cobalt nitrate

Cyclohexane

Cycloethane

Dichloroindophenol sodium salt

Ferrous sulfate

Formaldehyde

Formalin

Fuchsin

Gasoline

Hydrogen sulfide

Iso-butyl alcohol

Magnesium chlorate

Mercury compounds (all)

Methyl cleate

Paradichlorobenzene

Pentane

Petroleum ether

Potassium chlorate

Potassium permanganate

Sodium bromate

Sodium floride

Sudan III

Sulfamethazine

Toluene

Trichloroethylene

Urethane

Xylene

asbestos

4-Nitrobiphenyl

alpha-Naphthylamine

Methyl chloromethyl ether

3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine (and its salts)

bis-Chloromethyl ether

beta-Naphthylamine

Benzidine

4-aminodiphenyl

Ethyleneimine

beta-Propiolactone

2-Acetylaminofluorene

4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene

N-Nitrosodimethylamine

Vinyl chloride

Inorganic arsenic

Cadmium

Benzene

Coke oven emissions

1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane

Acrylonitrile

Ethylene oxide

Formaldehyde

Methylenedianiline

1,3-Butadiene

Methylene Chloride

 

         Explosives

Benzoyl Peroxide

 Carbon Disulfide

Diisopropyl Ether

Ethyl Ether

Perchloric Acid

Picric Acid

Potassium Metal

 

Peroxide Forming Chemicals

 

Acetal

Cyclohexene

Decahydronapthalene

Diacetylene

Dicyclopentadiene

Diethyl ether

Diethylene glycol

Dimethyl ether

Dioxane

Divinyl acetylene

Ether (glyme)

Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether

Isopropyl ether

Methyl acetylene

Sodium amine

Tetrahydrofuran

Tetrahydronapthalene

Vinyl ethers

Vinylidene chloride

 

Listing of Shock Sensitive Chemicals

 

Acetylides of heavy metals

Amatol Ammonal

Ammonium Nitrate

Ammonium perchlorate

Ammonium picrate

Butyl teyrel

Calcium nitrate

Dinitro compounds

Dipicrylamine

Fulminate / fulminating compounds

Heavy metal azides

Hexogen

Lead azide

Lead picrate

Mercury tartrate

Mononitrotoulene

Nitrated carbohydrates (Nitroglycerin, nitrated glucoside, nitroglycol, etc.)

Organic amine nitrates

Organic peroxides

Picric acid compounds

Poly-nitro aliphatic compounds

Silver azide

Sodium amatol

Sodium nitrate-potassium

Styphnic acid

Tetrazene

Trimonite

Trinitrobenzene

Trinitro compounds

Urea nitrate

 

High Energy Oxidizers

 

Ammonium perchlorate

Ammonium permanganate

Barium peroxide

Bromine

Calcium chlorate

Calcium hypochlorite

Chlorine anhydride or chromic acid

Chlorine trifloride

Dibenzoyl peroxide

Florine

Hydrogen peroxide

Magnesium perchlorate

Nitric acid

Nitrogen peroxide

Perchloric acid

Potassium bromate

Potassium chlorate

Potassium perchlorate

Potassium peroxide

Propyl nitrate

Sodium chlorate

Sodium chlorite

Sodium perchlorate

Sodium peroxide

 

 

 

Meanings of Physiological Classifications

 

Irritants: These are materials that cause inflammation of mucous membranes.  Examples of irritants are: ammonia, alkaline dusts and mists, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen floride, halogens, ozone, phosgene, diethyl/dimethyl sulfate, nitrogen dioxide, phosphorous chlorides, and arsenic trichloride.  They can also cause changes in the mechanics of respiration and harm lung function.  Chemicals that cause this type of irritation include: Acetic acid, acolein, formaldehyde, formic acid, iodine, sulfur dioxide, and sulfuric acid.

 

Asphyxiants: These are inert gases that displace oxygen, or reduce the body’s ability to absorb, transport, or utilize inhaled oxygen. Examples include: Nitrogen, nitrous oxide, cardon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, carbon monoxide, and cyanides.

 

Anesthetics: Chemicals that have a depressant effect on the central nervous system.  Examples include: Halogenated hydrocarbons and alcohols.

 

Hepatotoxic agents: Chemicals that may damage the liver.  Examples include: Carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethane, and nitrosamines.

 

Nephrotic agents: Chemicals that may damage the kidneys.  Examples include: Halogenated hydrocarbons and uranium compounds.

 

Neurotoxic agents: Chemicals that damage the nervous system.  Examples include: Trialkyl tin compounds, tetraethyl lead, methyl orange, methyl mercury, carbon disulfide, organic phosphorus insecticides, thallium, and manganese.

 

Blood and Hematopoietic agents:  These agents damage the blood and/or bone marrow.  Examples include: Nitrates, aniline, toluidine, nitrobenzene, and benzene.

 

Pulmonary agents: These agents cause fibrotic changes and damage pulmonary tissue.  Examples include: Coal dust, cotton dust, wood dust.

 

Carcinogenic agent: These agents cause the proliferation of malignant neoplastic cells.  Known carcinogens include: Asbestos, alpha-nathylamine, dicholorobenzidine, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide, methyl chloromethyl ether, inorganic arsenic, and coal tar derivative volatiles.

 

Teratogen agent: These are chemicals that interfere with normal embryonic development without killing the fetus or damaging the mother. Examples include: lead and thalidomide.

 

Sensitizer agents: These are chemicals that cause allergic reactions in normal tissue after repeated exposure to that chemical.  Examples include: Epoxies, nickel compounds, poison ivy, toluene diisocyanate, chromium compounds, and chlorinated hydrocarbons.