WHMIS (Benzo(a)anthracene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 21 2 3 4

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 4

Warning

Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances). Hamilton (Ont) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/rtecs/search.html
• ▲3.  Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile fo polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS). ATSDR. N.C., USA : Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park. (1995).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/substances/index.asp
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp69.pdf
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some Non-heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Related Industrial Exposures. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 92. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2010).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol92/mono92.pdf

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