WHMIS (Sodium hydroxide 2%)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 21

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 21

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation1 2

Warning

Causes skin irritation (H315)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments3 : This product could be corrosive to metals, please contact the supplier for additionnal information.

References

• ▲1.  Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, CHEMINFO, Hamilton, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/cheminfo/search.html
• ▲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.  National association of corrosion engineers, Corrosion data survey : metals section. 6th ed. Houston, Tex. : Nace Publications. (1985). [RT-439006]

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