WHMIS (Trimellitic anhydride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 13 4 5

• Respiratory sensitization - Category 1A4 5 6

• Skin sensitization - Category 1B3 4 6 7 8

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation4 6 7

Danger

Causes serious eye damage (H318)
May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled (H334)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
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.  Dutch Institute for the Working Environment et Dutch Chemical Industry Association, Chemical safety sheets : working safely with hazardous chemicals. Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers. (1991). [RR-015010]
• ▲2.  IFA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the German Social Accident Insurance. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA).   https://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp
• ▲3.  ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) , Information on chemicals (REACH)/ECHA chemicals database. Helsinki, Finland.   http://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/registered-substances
  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲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.  OECD, «TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE & TRIMELLITIC ACID CAS N°: 552-30-7; 528-44-9.» In: OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) for High Production Volume Chemicals. UNEP PUBLIC. (2002).   https://hpvchemicals.oecd.org/UI/handler.axd?id=be6d8c15-085e-4a6b-8ba0-46585019401d
• ▲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
• ▲7.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 172 : Anhydride trimellitique. 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_172
• ▲8.  Basketter, D.A. et Scholes, E.W., «Comparison of the local lymph node assay with the guinea-pig maximization test for the detection of a range of contact allergens.» Food and Chemical Toxicology. Vol. 30, no. 1, p. 65-69. (1992).

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