WHMIS (Dioctyl phthalate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 2 3 4

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1B3 5 6 7
• Toxic to the reproductive function
• Toxic to the development

Danger

Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail [S-2.1, r. 13]. Québec : Éditeur officiel du Québec. [RJ-510071]   http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ShowDoc/cr/S-2.1,%20r.%2013
• ▲2.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲3.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 161 : Phatalate de bis(2-éthylhexyle). Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2004). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_161
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Some chemicals in industrial and consumer products, food contaminants and flavourings, and water chlorination by-products. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 101. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol101/index.php
• ▲5.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Atlanta, GA : Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2002). Microfiche : PB2003-100138
• ▲6.  INRS, DEMETER : documents pour l'évaluation médicale des produits toxiques vis-à-vis de la reproduction. Paris : Institut national de recherche et de sécurité pour la prévention des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles. (2006).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/demeter.html
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate. ICSC#0271. IPCS, CEC. (2001).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0271.htm

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