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| | Spectrum Laboratories : Chemical Fact Sheet - Cas # 88722 |
 | | The major hazards encountered in the use and handling of 2-nitrotoluene stem from its toxicologic properties and explosivity. |
 | | Toxic by all routes (inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption), exposure to this bitter-almond-smelling, yellowish liquid may occur from its use in the manufacture of toluidine, tolidine, fuchsine, azo dyes, sulfur dyes, rubber chemicals, and agricultural chemicals. |
 | | Effects from exposure may include contact burns to the skin and eyes, headache, weakness, dizziness, nausea, shortness-of-breath, tachycardia, and methemoglobinemia. |
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