WHMIS (p-Dinitrobenzene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 13 4 5

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 13 5 6

Danger

Causes damage to organs (H370)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments1 2 7 8 : 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.

A thermally unstable substance liable to undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition. Laboratory testing performed on the substance as packaged is nescessary to determine the category (Type A to G) of this hazard class.

References

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