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I think that MSDS sheets have their limits. Its basically just for acute exposure.
by ArtDev 10y ago
I think that MSDS sheets have their limits. Its basically just for acute exposure.
- maxerickson 10y agoThey are required to characterize the material in question. They don't say a bit of glyphosate and some other stuff we had around, they list the ingredients and give the proportion of each ingredient.
- ArtDev 10y agofrom the article: "But because manufacturers of weed killers are required to disclose only the chemical structures of their “active” ingredients — and can hide the identity of the rest as confidential business information — for many years no one knew exactly what other chemicals were in these products, let alone how they affected health."
- maxerickson 10y agoThe company is still required to list the health effects of the withheld ingredients. http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/tradesecret.html http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/tradesecret.html Also, note that in the MSDS dated 1998 that I linked above, the surfactant is identified by name.
- DanBC 10y agoHere's an MSDS for a Monsanto product. We can see it covers acute exposure, and repeat exposure, and chronic exposure. http://www.roundup.ca/_uploads/documents/RoundupUltra2Liquid-Canada-English.D14.pdf http://www.roundup.ca/_uploads/documents/RoundupUltra2Liquid...