WHMIS (Chlorine)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing gases - Category 11 2 3

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 2

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 14 5

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 14 5

Danger

May cause or intensify fire; oxidizer (H270)
Corrosive to the respiratory tract; Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  United States. National Ocean Service. Office of Response and Restoration., Computer aided management of emergency operations chemicals (CAMEO chemicals) : online database of hazardous materials. USA : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.   http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/search/simple
  http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/
• ▲2.  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]
• ▲3.  International Maritime Organization (IMO), IMDG Code : international maritime dangerous goods code (incorporating amendment 35-10). Vol. 2. London : International Maritime Organization. (2010). [MO-001696]   www.imo.org
• ▲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.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 51 : Chlore. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2008). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_51

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