WHMIS (Benzo(a)pyrene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin sensitization - Category 11 2 3 4

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 1B1 2 3 4

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A5 6

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1B1 2 3 4
• Toxic to the reproductive function
• Toxic to the development

Danger

May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause genetic defects (H340)
May cause cancer (H350)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 144 : Benzo[a]pyrène. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2007). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_144
• ▲3.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 202 : Selected non-heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Genève : World Health Organization. (1998). EHC202.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc202.htm
• ▲4.  Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry , Toxicological profile for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's). Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1995).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp69.html
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Chemical Agents and Related Occupations. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100F. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100F/index.php

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