Ingestion (Swallowing): No harmful effects reported from ingestion. Signs and Symptoms: Effects of overexposure may include irritation of the nose, throat and digestive. tract, headaches, coughing, nausea, vomiting, and transient disorientation. Cancer: Inadequate evidence available to evaluate the cancer hazard of this material. Target Organs: No data available.
Brazil is the country with the greatest land area in South America. Brazil is situated in the eastern part of the South American continent and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean along the country's eastern coast. The country has a land area near 3.3 million square miles.
Of this territory, 9,158,960 square kilometers (3,536,274 square miles) are land, while there are 470,131 square kilometers (181,517 square miles) of water. The United States is about one-half the size of Russia, and slightly larger than either Brazil or China. It shares long borders with both Canada (8,893 kilometers or 5,526 miles) and Mexico (3,326 kilometers or 2,066 miles).