WHMIS (Phenacetin)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 22

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A2 3

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
May cause cancer (H350)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Pharmaceuticals. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100A. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2011).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100A/mono100A.pdf
• ▲3.  Report on Carcinogens, 15th edition. Research Triangle Park, NC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program. (2021).   https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/pubhealth/roc/index-1.html

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