WHMIS (Calcium cyanide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 21 2 3

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 14
• Releases a toxic gas upon contact with water: hydrogen cyanide

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 12
• Strong base: pH of a 0.1M solution = 11.15

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 12
• Strong base: pH of a 0.1M solution = 11.15

Danger

Fatal if swallowed (H300)
On contact with water releases gases which are fatal if inhaled
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)

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.  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
• ▲3.  Smyth, H.F., Carpenter, C.P. et Weil, C.S., «Range-Finding Toxicity Data : List VII.» American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. Vol. 30, no. 5, p. 470-476. (1969). [AP-000464]
• ▲4.  United States Coast Guard et Department of Transport, Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS). Washington, D. C. : United States Coast Guard. (1999).   http://www.suttercountyfire.org/YSHMRT/CHRIS%20MANUAL%20CIM_16465_12C.pdf

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