Exposure can lead to headache, dizziness, and passing out. It may be shipped and stored as a compressed liquefied gas. Acute exposure irritates the eyes and air passages. High exposures to the skin and eyes can cause severe burns and blindness, and breathing high levels can lead to death. It is used in fertilizers, chemicals, dyes, petroleum refining, etching and analytical chemistry, and in making iron, steel, and industrial explosives.
Contact can severely burn the skin and eyes.
Repeat exposure can cause erosion and pitting of the teeth, stomach upset, nose bleeds, tearing of the eyes, emphysema, and bronchitis. It is used to make titanium pigments, iridescent glass, artificial pearls, and as a catalyst in polymerization. Titanium tetrachloride is highly irritating to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes. Acute exposure can burn the skin, eyes, throat, and lungs. Chronic exposure can lead to chronic bronchitis, wheezing, and build-up of fluid in the lungs.