SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE Corrosive and irritating to the upper and lower respiratory tracts, skin and eyes. It hydrolyzes very rapidly yielding hydrofluoric acid so that skin burns and mucosal irritation are like that from exposure to that acid. Symptoms include lacrymation, cough, labored breathing and excessive salivary and sputum formation. Excessive irritation of the lungs causes acute pneumonitis and pulmonary edema which would be fatal. Hydrofluoric acid dermal burns exhibit severe pain, redness, possible swelling and early necrosis. |
