WHMIS (Sodium salicylate)

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 2B2

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1A4
• Toxic to the development

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes eye irritation (H320)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)

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.  ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) , Information on chemicals (REACH)/ECHA chemicals database. Helsinki, Finland.   http://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/registered-substances
  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲3.  Hasegawa, R. et al., «Acute toxicity tests on 113 environmental chemicals .» Science reports. Research Institute. Tohoku University. Vol. 36, no. 1-4, p. 10-16. (1989). [AP-0643408]
• ▲4.  Briggs, G.G., Freeman, R.K. et Yaffe, S.J., Drugs in pregnancy and lactation : a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk. 8ème éd. Philadelphie : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2008).

The [number] refers to the Information SST database of the CNESST Documentation Center.