WHMIS (Vinyl acetate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 21
• Flash point = -8 °C Tag closed cup and boiling point = 72,7 °C

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 42 3

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2B2 3

• Carcinogenicity - Category 22 3

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation2 3

Danger

Highly flammable liquid and vapour (H225)
Harmful if inhaled (H332)
Causes eye irritation (H320)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments4 : This product is generally commercialized with an inhibitor. Therefore, the health hazard classification could be different, according to the inhibitor used and its concentration. The physical hazard classification considers the product as inhibited. However, under certain conditions (e.g. depletion or absence of the inhibitor) a hazardous polymerisation may occur.

References

• ▲1.  Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology. 4th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons. (1991-1998). [RT-423004]
• ▲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.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 295: Acétate de vinyle. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2013). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_295
• ▲4.  Battle, L.A. et al., Bretherick's handbook of reactive chemical hazards. Vol. 1, 5th ed. Oxford; Toronto : Butterworth-Heinemann. (1995). [RS-415001]

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