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United Nations/North American Number Datasheet

UN/NA 2810

 6.1 - Poisonous materials

Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG, 2008)

Material Names

  • Buzz
  • BZ
  • Compound, tree or weed killing, liquid (toxic)
  • CS
  • DC
  • GA
  • GB
  • GD
  • GF
  • H
  • HD
  • HL
  • HN-1
  • HN-2
  • HN-3
  • L (Lewisite)
  • Lewisite
  • Mustard
  • Mustard Lewisite
  • Poison B, liquid, n.o.s.
  • Poisonous liquid, n.o.s.
  • Poisonous liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A)
  • Poisonous liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B)
  • Poisonous liquid, organic, n.o.s.
  • Poisonous liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A)
  • Poisonous liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B)
  • Sarin
  • Soman
  • Tabun
  • Thickened GD
  • Toxic liquid, n.o.s.
  • Toxic liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A)
  • Toxic liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B)
  • Toxic liquid, organic, n.o.s.
  • Toxic liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A)
  • Toxic liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B)
  • VX
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Response Guide 153

Substances - Toxic and/or Corrosive (Combustible)

 

Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances

Small Spills
(From a small package or small leak)		 Large Spills
(From a large package or many small packages)
First
Isolate
in all Directions
(Feet)		 Then
Protect
persons Downwind during-		 First
Isolate
in all Directions
(Feet)		 Then
Protect
persons Downwind during-
Name of Material Day
(Miles)		 Night
(Miles)		 Day
(Miles)		 Night
(Miles)
Buzz (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 100 0.1 0.3
BZ (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 100 0.1 0.3
CS (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.4 300 0.3 1.3
DC (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.4 300 0.3 1.3
GA (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 300 0.4 0.4
GB (when used as a weapon) 200 0.3 0.8 2500 1.4 2.8
GD (when used as a weapon) 200 0.3 0.5 1250 1.1 1.5
GF (when used as a weapon) 200 0.2 0.2 500 0.6 0.7
H (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.2 0.3
HD (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.2 0.3
HL (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.2 300 0.3 0.7
HN-1 (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.2 0.4
HN-2 (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.2 0.3
HN-3 (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 100 0.1 0.1
L (Lewisite) (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.2 300 0.3 0.7
Lewisite (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.2 300 0.3 0.7
Mustard (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.2 0.3
Mustard Lewisite (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.2 300 0.3 0.7
Poisonous liquid, n.o.s. 200 0.5 1.1 1000 1.8 3.6
Poisonous liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 200 0.5 1.1 1000 1.8 3.6
Poisonous liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.3 0.5
Poisonous liquid, organic, n.o.s. 200 0.5 1.1 1250 3.0 4.6
Poisonous liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 200 0.5 1.1 1250 3.0 4.6
Poisonous liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.3 0.5
Sarin (when used as a weapon) 200 0.3 0.8 2500 1.4 2.8
Soman (when used as a weapon) 200 0.3 0.5 1250 1.1 1.5
Tabun (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 300 0.4 0.4
Thickened GD (when used as a weapon) 200 0.3 0.5 1250 1.1 1.5
Toxic liquid, n.o.s. 200 0.5 1.1 1000 1.8 3.6
Toxic liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 200 0.5 1.1 1000 1.8 3.6
Toxic liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.3 0.5
Toxic liquid, organic, n.o.s. 200 0.5 1.1 1250 3.0 4.6
Toxic liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 200 0.5 1.1 1250 3.0 4.6
Toxic liquid, organic, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.3 0.5
VX (when used as a weapon) 100 0.1 0.1 200 0.2 0.3
The ERG doesn't predict that large amounts of toxic-by-inhalation gases will be produced if this material is spilled in water.

Hazmat Table (49 CFR 172.101)

UN/NA Proper Shipping Name Hazard Class Labels Notes*

* There are three notes: (1) whether the displayed information is for domestic (U.S.) or international shipping (if neither is specifically indicated, it applies to both), (2) whether the proper shipping name must include one or more technical names of the hazardous material in parentheses, and (3) whether the hazardous material is an inhalation hazard.
NA Compounds, tree killing, liquid or Compounds, weed killing, liquid 6.1 6.1 Domestic (U.S.), Technical Name Required
UN Toxic, liquids, organic, n.o.s. 6.1 6.1 Technical Name Required

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