WHMIS (TRISODIUM NITRILOTRIACETATE MONOHYDRATE)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 42 3

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 24

• Carcinogenicity - Category 24 5

Warning

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: 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.

References

• ▲1.  IFA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the German Social Accident Insurance. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA).   https://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  Nordic Steering Group for Assessment of Health Effects of Chemicals, «Nitrilotriacetic acid; trisodium nitrilotriacetate; trisodium nitrilotriacetate monohydrate.» Adalia Miljö-och toxikologkonsult. Vol. 15, p. 285-302. (1995). [Ap-06472]
• ▲4.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Nitrilotriacetic acid trisodium salt monohydrate. ICSC#1239. IPCS, CEC. (2003).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics1239.htm
• ▲5.  IARC Working group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some chemicals that cause tumours of the kidney or urinary bladder in rodents and some other substances. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 73. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1999).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono73.pdf

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