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Bromacil dust

Airborne crystalline bromacil particulate from handling the herbicide solid or wettable powder.

Airborne form

dust

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

eye irritationskin irritationupper-respiratory irritationcoughthyroid injury concern

Evidence

The NIOSH Pocket Guide describes bromacil as an odorless crystalline solid that is commercially available as a wettable powder, identifies inhalation, ingestion, skin, and eye contact routes, and reports eye, skin, and upper-respiratory irritation, cough, and thyroid injury in animals.

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Exposure Limits; Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms; Target Organs · 1
Physical Description Odorless, colorless to white, crystalline solid. [herbicide] [Note: Commercially available as a wettable powder or in liquid formulations.] Exposure Routes inhalation, ingestion, skin and/or eye contact. Symptoms irritation eyes, skin, upper respiratory system; cough; In Animals: thyroid injury. Target Organs Eyes, skin, respiratory system, thyroid.

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