WHMIS (trans-Crotonic aldehyde)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 21 2

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 13 4 5 6

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 1

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 2

• Carcinogenicity - Category 2

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

• Acute toxicity - oral - Not reviewed

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Not reviewed

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Not reviewed

• Reproductive toxicity (lactation) - Effects on or via lactation : Not reviewed

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Not reviewed

Danger

Highly flammable liquid and vapour (H225)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes serious eye damage (H318)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract
Acute toxicity - oral : Not available
Acute toxicity - dermal : Not available
Acute toxicity - inhalation : Not available
Effects on or via lactation : Not available
Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure : Not available

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This classification comes from an automated conversion of the classification established under the Controlled Products Regulations. The complete classification under the Hazardous Products Regulations will be determined at a later date.

References

• ▲1.  Canada. Ministère des transports, Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2014). [RJ-410222]   http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/tmd/clair-menu-497.htm
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• ▲3.  Nath, R.G. et Chung, F.-L., «Detection of exocyclic 1,N²-propanodeoxyguanosine adducts as common DNA lesions in rodents and humans.» Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 91, p. 7491-7495. (1994).
• ▲4.  Hoechst Celanese Corp., Primary skin irritation tests with eighteen materials in albino rabbits . (1972). Microfiche : OTS0520783
• ▲5.  Budiawan, Schuler, D. et Eder, E., «Development of 32P-postlabelling method for the detection of 1,N²-propanodeoxyguanosine adducts of crotonaldehyde in vivo.» Archives of Toxicology. Vol. 74, p. 404-414. (2000).
• ▲6.  Budiawan et Eder, E., «Detection of 1,N²-propanodeoxyguanosine adducts in DNA of Fischer 344 rats by an adapted 32P-post-labelling technique after per os application of crotonaldehyde.» Carcinogenesis. Vol. 21, no. 6, p. 1191-1196. (2000).

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