WHMIS (Vinylcyclohexene dioxide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 31 2

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 31 3

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 22

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 22

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 4

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 21 5
• Toxic to the reproductive function

Danger

Toxic in contact with skin (H311)
Toxic if inhaled (H331)
Causes skin irritation (H315)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child (H361)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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• ▲2.  Weil, C.S. et al., «Experimental carcinogenicity and acute toxicity of representative epoxides.» American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. Vol. 24, p. 305-325. (1963). [AP-130267]
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some industrial chemicals. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks, Vol. 60. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1994).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono60.pdf
  http://www.iarc.fr
• ▲5.  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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