WHMIS (Polychlorinated biphenyl (54% Cl))

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2 3 4

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A5 6 7 8

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

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 24 6 8 9

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
May cause cancer (H350)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  Cairelli, S.G., Ludwig, H.R. et Whalen, J.J., Documentation for immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations (IDLHS). Cincinnati (OH) : NIOSH. (1994). PB-94-195047. [RM-515102]   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html
• ▲5.  Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail [S-2.1, r. 13]. Québec : Éditeur officiel du Québec. [RJ-510071]   http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ShowDoc/cr/S-2.1,%20r.%2013
• ▲6.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲7.  Lauby-Secretan, B. et al., «Carcinogenicity of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated biphenyls.» The Lancet oncology. (March 15, 2013). [AP-000410]
• ▲8.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Biphenyls. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 107. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2016).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol107/mono107.pdf
• ▲9.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Polychlorinated Biphenyl ( AROCLOR 1254). ICSC#0939. IPCS, CEC. (1999).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0939.htm

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