feeling_better wrote:Thank you for that reference. While this product is different, even for this the inhalation health hazard is shown as 'none expected under normal condition of use'. But there is another line under Inhalation First Aid: 'Remove to fresh air. If breathing is difficult, give oxygen. If breathing has stopped, give artificial respiration.'
I was wondering whether you meant outgassing or physical contact with the gel in your original query. After all, even too much water can be a bad thing in the lungs.
Maybe the only reason why the original K-Y Jelly doesn't have an MSDS is because it doesn't have a couple of the ingredients that are in the comparative product. For instance, K-Y Jelly is odorless and tasteless. The comparative product has lavender, the scent of which can cause anaphylaxis in a very small population. Some people just have to be downwind of lavender to go anaphylactic. But the majority of us can drink lavender tea with no problems. The same may be true for physical contact with some of the other ingredients, again, in an even smaller population, but it's likely that you'll already have had that experience considering the sheer commonality of most of the ingredients in other products, from personal care items (shampoo, sunscreen, toothpaste) to foods.
As far as I know, there are no outgassing ingredients in K-Y Jelly. It's mostly water - not oil-based. Going to extremes, for those who are chemically sensitive, it is more likely you'll suffer more from the outgassing of the plastic of the container than you will from the gel itself. But if you can deal with toothpaste out of a tube or plastic container, you should be safe as milk with most personal lubricants on your face, even more so than on the more sensitive tissues for which it was intended.
