WHMIS (p-Dichlorobenzene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 2 3 4 5 6

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 21 4 6 7 8

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation1 4 6 7 8

Warning

Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
May cause damage to organs (H371)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

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

• ▲1.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 224 : 1,4-Dichlorobenzène. 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_224
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  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
• ▲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
• ▲5.  IARC Working group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some chemicals that cause tumours of the kidney or urinary bladder in rodents and some other substances. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 73. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1999).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono73.pdf
• ▲6.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, 1,4-Dichlorobenzene. ICSC #0037. IPCS, CEC. (2003).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0037.htm
• ▲7.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲8.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, European Union Risk Assessment Report : 1,4-dichlorobenzene. Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.   http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esis/ Rechercher le CAS et sélectionner "Final RAR -View and save it" dans le bas de la page.

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