WHMIS (Hydrogen arsenide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable gases - Category 1
• Lower flammable limit = 5.1 %

• Gases under pressure - Liquefied gas1

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 12 3 4 5

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A3 6

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 14 5

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 14 5

Danger

Extremely flammable gas (H220)
Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated (H280)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
May cause cancer (H350)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Nations-Unies, «Partie 4 - Dispositions relatives à l'utilisation des emballages et des citernes - Liste des instructions d'emballage.» In: Recommandations relatives au transport des marchandises dangereuses - Règlement type - Dix-huitième édition révisée . New-York, N.Y. : United Nations. (2013). ST/SG/AC.10/1/rev. 18 (Vol. II). [MO-026856]   http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/French/Rev18f_Volume2.pdf
  http://www.unece.org/fr/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/18files_f.html
• ▲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.  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.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 53 : Trihydrure d'arsenic. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2000).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_53
• ▲5.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Arsine: Human health aspects . Concise International Chemical Assessment. Genève : World Health Organization. (2002). CICAD 47. [MO-128544]   http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad47.htm
• ▲6.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100C. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100C/mono100C.pdf
  

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