WHMIS (Hexylene glycol)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2A1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Warning

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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  http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/OECDSIDS/Hexylene.pdf
• ▲6.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), IUCLID Dataset : 2-methylpentane-2,4-diol. Ispra, Italie : Commission européenne. (2000).   http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/IUCLID-DataSheets/107415.pdf
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Hexylene glycol. ICSC#0660. IPCS, CEC. (2003).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0660.htm

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