WHMIS (Sodium tetraborate decahydrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 21 2 3 4 5

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1B2 4 5 6
• Toxic to the reproductive function
• Toxic to the development

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation2 4 5 6

Danger

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲2.  Bingham, E., Cohrssen, B. et Powell, C.H., Patty's toxicology. A Wiley-Interscience publication, 5ème éd. New York (NY) : John Wiley & Sons. (2001). [RM-214008]
• ▲3.  Primary eye irritation study with 20 mule team lot #usb-11-84 disodium tetraborate decahydrate in New Zealand white rabbits with cover letter dated 052192, Washington : EPA, 1985 Microfiche : OTS0539984, 8EHQ-0592-4690
• ▲4.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 287 : Tétraborate de disodium (borate). Cahier de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2012).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_287
• ▲5.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), Sodium Borate, Decahydrate. ICSC#0567. IPCS, CEC. (1997).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0567.htm
• ▲6.  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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