WHMIS (Thallous chloride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 21 2 3 4

Warning

May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Due to the lack of data, classification regarding specific organ toxicity - repeated exposure (H373) was established by analogy to soluble Thallium (Thallous sulfate).

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.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry , Toxicological profile for thallium. Atlanta. GA : ATSDR. (1992). TP-91/26.   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp54.pdf
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
• ▲3.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 182: Thallium. Genève : World Health Organization. (1996). EHC182.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc182.htm
• ▲4.  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous substance fact sheet : Thallous Chloride . Right to Know Program. Trenton, NJ. (2000). RTK 2812.   www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/2812.pdf

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