Synonyms
White mineral oil (petroleum); [ACGIH] Slab oil (Obs.); Mineral oil, white; White mineral oil, petroleum; White mineral oil, (petroleum); [ChemIDplus] Paraffinum liquidum; Paraffin oil; [ICSC] CLAIRSOL 370; CLAIRSOL 430; CLAIRSOL 440; Hydrocarbon oils; Mineral oil; Ondina/Risella; PARASET 26 L; PARASET 29 L; PARASET 32 L; PILOT 261; PILOT 291; ROLLSOLV 100; White oil; Medicinal white oil; Technical white oil; Liquid paraffin; Weissoel; Pharmacytical White Oil; Marcol 52,82,172; Primol 187,352; Plastol 135; Bayol 82; [IUCLID]
Sources/Uses
Used in the agricultural, fuel, paints-lacquers-varnishes, polymers, textile processing, metal working, and offshore drilling industries; Used in corrosion inhibitors, lubricants and additives, softeners, printing ink solvents, cosmetics, fertilizers, hydraulic fluids, cleaning/washing agents, disinfectants, pesticides, food additives, pharmaceuticals, and solvents; [IUCLID] Registered in the EU as an insecticide and acaricide for fruit crops, grapevines, and ornamentals; [EFSA: DAR - Vol. 1] Used as insecticides and/or larvicides on crops, aquatic areas (mosquito larvicide/pupacide), and other areas (animal, commercial, industrial, medical, and residential premises); Also used as acaricides, fungicides, herbicides, and virucides (for plant pathogens); [Reference #1] Permitted for use as an inert ingredient in non-food pesticide products; [EPA]
Comments
"TSCA Definition 2008: A highly refined petroleum mineral oil consisting of a complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from the intensive treatment of a petroleum fraction with sulfuric acid and oleum, or by hydrogenation, or by a combination of hydrogenation and acid treatment. Additional washing and treating steps may be included in the processing operation. It consists of saturated hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C15 through C50." [ChemIDplus] Ingestion can cause aspiration into the lungs; [ICSC] Inhalation of excessive severely refined mineral oil (SRMO) aerosols may induce an inflammatory response (exogenous lipid pneumonia, ELP) and possibly develop further to fibrosis; [EC: SCOEL] Acute effects include mild skin irritation and aspiration pneumonitis after ingestion; [Reference #1] May cause irritation; Aspiration may cause lipid pneumonia; [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS] See "Mineral oil, pure, highly and severely refined."