vaisprit

8.1.3 Oral exposure

Ingestion of white spirit has resulted in gastrointestinal
irritation including vomiting, diarrhoea and gastrointestinal pain.
Severe lesions and ulcerations in the mucous membranes of the
oesophagus and the gastrointestinal tract have been reported after
ingestion of about 500 ml white spirit (Paris et al., 1978).

As in the case of kerosene and other petroleum solvents with low
viscosity, the severity of symptoms after ingestion of white spirit
depends on whether the solvent is aspirated into the lungs.
Aspiration can cause serious bronchopneumonia, which may be fatal
within 24 h. A dose of 30 ml aspirated into the lung may be fatal
(McDermott, 1975). Other reports describing the aspiration hazard
of petroleum distillates indicate that oral doses as low as 10 ml
can be fatal and aspiration of a volume of 1-2 ml may produce
bronchopneumonia (Velvart, 1981; Rumack & Lovejoy, 1986).