WHMIS (Thallous sulfate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 21 2 3

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 34

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 24 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Danger

Fatal if swallowed (H300)
Toxic in contact with skin (H311)
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.  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
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• ▲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.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry , Toxicological profile for thallium. Atlanta. GA : ATSDR. (1992). TP-91/26.   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp54.pdf
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• ▲7.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 182: Thallium. Genève : World Health Organization. (1996). EHC182.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc182.htm
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• ▲9.  Health Council of the Netherlands, «Committee on Updating of Occupational Exposure Limits. Thallium and water-soluble thallium compounds.» In: Health-based Reassessment of Administrative Occupational Exposure Limits. The Hague : Health Council of the Netherlands. (2002). 2000/15OSH/057.   http://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/sites/default/files/00%4015057OSH.pdf
• ▲10.  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous substance fact sheet : Thallium sulfate. Right to Know Program. Trenton, NJ. (2007). RTK 1842.   www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1842.pdf
• ▲11.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Thallium sulfate . ICSC#0336. IPCS, CEC. (2013).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0336.htm
• ▲12.  Manzo L. et al., «Long-Term Toxicity of Thallium in Rat.» In: Chemical Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry of Metals. , p. 401-405. London : Academic Press. (1983).

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