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To download a MSDS for polyethylene products made in Europe, Australia or Asia:

You may visit our polymers site at http://polymers.lyondellbasell.com to easily find a MSDS, ISO (ASTM) or RAPIDS document.

To find the same information from this site:

1. Using either the products by category or products by market journey within the products section on this site, navigate to a specific product page.
   
2. Links to our polymers site are included within the Technical Information section. After linking to our polymers site (polymers.lyondellbasell.com), you will need to login or register as a new user.
   
3. Within the left navigation area of the Message Board page, type a product or trade name in the Quick Product Search box. Click the search icon.
   
4. Once search results are displayed, select a product grade.
   
5. On the product data and technical information page, select the appropriate icon for an ISO (ASTM), RAPIDS or MSDS document.
   
6. Users who select the MSDS icon will be prompted to select a region and language. This step is not required to access ISO (ASTM) or RAPIDS.
   
7. The document window will open in a new window as a printer-friendly PDF file. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view the file.

To download a MSDS for polyethylene products made in North America:

1. When you arrive at a product-specific technical information page, click the underlined MSDS link for the Material Safety Data Sheet you are looking for (see the example below).
   
   
   
2. A new window will open and links to the MSDS in one or more languages will be displayed. Open the MSDS you are interested in by clicking the icon next to it. (see the example below)
   
   
   
   
3. It might take a few seconds for the MSDS to be generated and displayed in PDF format (see figure below). If you do not see the MSDS, you will need to install the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader or try the solution described in the Blank PDF issue section below.
   
   
   

Blank PDF issue

If after waiting a few seconds, you see a blank page and no MSDS appears, you will need to change a setting in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Acrobat Reader is the software used to display PDF documents.

Please follow these steps to correct this issue:

1. Open Adobe Acrobat Reader [Start > Programs > Adobe > Adobe Reader]
   
   
2. Click the Edit drop down menu then select Preferences as shown below
   
   
   
   
3. Click Internet then uncheck the Display PDF in Browser box as shown below.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Close Adobe Acrobat Reader and the browser.
   
   
5. You should be able to view our MSDS documents now.