Please conduct a current literature search and check the appropriate current online database for the most recent quantitative information. These effects have been reversible upon cessation of exposure.
Acute exposure can irritate the skin and mucous membranes in humans.
Chronic inhalation exposure has resulted in inflammation of the nasal passage, thickening of the interalveolar walls of the lungs, mucous accumulation in the alveolar spaces of the lungs, and hematological effects in rats. Chronic inhalation exposure of rabbits has been reported to cause irritation of the lungs, edema, moderate peribronchitis, vascular thickening, and eye lesions. No information is available on the reproductive or developmental effects of triethylamine in humans or animals. No information is available on the carcinogenic effects of triethylamine in humans or animals. EPA has not classified triethylamine with respect to potential carcinogenicity.