WHMIS (Thiram)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 42 3 4 5 6

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2A3 4

• Skin sensitization - Category 12 3 4 5 7 8 9

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 22 10

Warning

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

References

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• ▲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
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• ▲4.  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
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• ▲6.  WEISS, L.R. et ORZEL, R.A. , «SOME COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC EFFECTS OF DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE AS A PESTICIDE SOLVENT.» Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Vol. 11, p. 546-557. (1967). [AP-023675]
• ▲7.  Kilpikari, I., «Occupational contact dermatitis among rubber workers.» Contact Dermatitis. Vol. 8, p. 359-362. (1982).
• ▲8.  van Ketel, W.G., «Contact urticaria from rubber gloves after dermatitis from thiurams.» Contact Dermatitis. Vol. 11, p. 323-324. (1984). [AP-053282]
• ▲9.  Saunders, H. et Watkins, F., «Allergic contact dermatitis due to thiuram exposure from a fungicide.» Australasian Journal of Dermatology. Vol. 42, no. 3, p. 217-218. (2001).
• ▲10.  Greim, H., Essential MAK Value Documentations from the MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Allemagne : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2006). [MO-004572]   www.wiley-vch.de
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