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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002
1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE / MIXTURE AND SUPPLIER
Product name:
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder
Industrial Strength
Other names:
Product code:
SAP Product
code:
Recommended
A ready-to-use insecticidal dusting powder use:
Supplier:
Bayer Environmental Science – A Business Group of Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd ABN 87 000 226 022 Address:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Website:
Contact:
Emergency
Telephone
1800 033 111 – Orica SH&E Shared Services 2. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

NON-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE - NON-DANGEROUS GOOD
May irritate eyes and skin. Not flammable. designation:
Not hazardous according to criteria of Worksafe Australia. Risk phrases:
Safety phrases:
classification:
classification:

3. COMPOSITION / INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS

Ingredients: CAS
Concentration (g/kg):
Note: Mineral talc is used as the dust carrier for this product – the talc used in manufacture
contains no asbestos fibres.
4. FIRST AID MEASURES

If poisoning occurs, immediately contact a doctor or Poisons Information Centre
(telephone 13 11 26), and follow the advice given. Show this Material Safety Data Sheet
to a doctor.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002
Inhalation:
If inhaled, remove to fresh air and keep at rest. Obtain medical advice if at all worried. Skin contact:
Wash off skin immediately with soap and plenty of water. Seek medical advice if irritation persists. Launder contaminated clothing before re-use. Eye contact:
Immediately rinse eyes thoroughly, including under eyelids, with running water for at least 15 minutes. Seek medical advice. Ingestion:
First Aid
Provide an eyewash station in the production workplace. Facilities:
Symptoms:
No specific symptoms to be expected. This product contains the synthetic pyrethroid permethrin. Medical attention:
There is no specific antidote. Treat symptoms.
5. FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES

Extinguishing
Foam, dry chemical or water spray. Do not use water jet from fire hose. Hazards from
combustion
The product is not flammable but fire will produce hydrogen chloride gas. products:

Precautions for
Fire fighters should wear full protective clothing and self-contained fire fighters:
breathing apparatus. Do not release contaminated water into the environment. 6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES

Spills
Wear suitable protective clothing and boots. Prevent spill from entering drains, sewers or any
body of water. Sweep up into sealable containers for disposal in accordance with applicable
local, state and federal regulations.
7. HANDLING AND STORAGE

Handling:
Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes and skin.
Storage:
Store product in the closed, original container in a cool, well-ventilated area away from direct sunlight.
8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS / PERSONAL PROTECTION

Exposure
No exposure standard has been assigned by the National Occupational standards:
Health and Safety Commission (Worksafe Australia). Engineering
Control process conditions to avoid contact. Use local exhaust ventilation. MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002
controls:
Personal
Protective
Avoid contact with skin. Wear suitable protective clothing. Equipment:
Protective clothing must be stored separately from private Avoid contact with skin. Wear rubber gloves. Respiratory: Do not inhale dust. Wear an approved respirator to prevent inhalation, if other control measures are inadequate. Other: Wash thoroughly after handling. Do not eat, drink or smoke until after washing. After each day’s use wash gloves and contaminated clothing.
9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Appearance:
Vapour pressure: Negligible
Vapour density:
Boiling point:
Freezing/melting
Solubility:

Density:
Flash Point:
Flammability
(explosive) limits: Not available
Flammability:
Auto-ignition
temperature:
Octanol/water
partition
coefficient:
Formulation:
A ready to use insecticidal dusting powder
10. STABILITY AND REACTIVITY

Chemical
stability:
Hazardous
polymerisation:

Conditions to
Avoid iron, alloys, oxidisers, strong acids and halogens. avoid:
Incompatible
Iron, alloys, oxidisers, strong acids and halogens. materials:
Hazardous
decomposition
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002
products:
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002
11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION


Inhalation:
Inhalation of dust may produce respiratory irritation. Skin contact:
Mild irritant to the skin. The material should not be allowed to come into contact with the skin. Eye contact:
Mildly irritating. The material should not be allowed to contact the eyes. Ingestion:
ANIMAL TOXICITY DATA – INDIVIDUAL INGREDIENTS: Acute:

Oral toxicity:
LD50 rat 1479(mg/kg) (Permethrin 25:75 in corn oil) Dermal toxicity:
Inhalation
toxicity:

Skin irritation:
Eye irritation:
Sensitisation:
Chronic:
Permethrin is not mutagenic, teratogenic or carcinogenic. In animal tests permethrin was a
moderate skin sensitiser.
12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Fish toxicity:
Permethrin is toxic to fish and aquatic organisms Permethrin degrades rapidly in soil and water. Daphnia toxicity:
Toxicity to algae: Not available
Bird toxicity:
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002
Bee toxicity:
Environmental
fate, persistence
and degradation: Permethrin degrades rapidly in soil and water.

13. DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS

Follow Avcare guidelines. Triple or preferably pressure rinse containers before disposal.
Dispose of rinsings in a disposal pit specifically marked and set up for this purpose, clear of
waterways, desirable vegetation and tree roots. Break, crush or puncture empty containers and
bury in a local authority landfill. If no landfill is available, bury the containers below 500 mm in a
disposal pit. Empty containers and product should not be burnt.
14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION

UN number:
Proper shipping
Class and
Subsidiary Risk: Not “dangerous goods” for transport by road or rail according to the
Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail. Packing Group:
Hazchem code:

15. REGULATORY INFORMATION

Registered according to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1988
National Registration Authority approval number: 33210
16. OTHER INFORMATION

Trademark
Coopex® is a Registered Trademark of Bayer. information:
Preparation
information:
Reason for update: Conversion to16 heading format. Data sources:
Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd product safety data and published data This MSDS summarises our best knowledge of the health and safety hazard information of the product and how to safely handle and use the product in the workplace. Each user should read this MSDS and consider the information in the context of how the product will be handled and used in the workplace including in conjunction with other products. If clarification or further information is needed to ensure that an appropriate risk assessment can be made, the user should contact this company. Our responsibility for products sold is subject to our standard terms and conditions, a copy of which is sent to our customers and is also available on request. MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
COOPEX® Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength
Date of Issue: October 10, 2002

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