WHMIS (Diquat (85-00-7))

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2 3

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 33 4

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 21 2 3

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 22 4 5 6

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 22 5 7

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 12 4 7 8

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Toxic in contact with skin (H311)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes skin irritation (H315)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  860. Diquat (Pesticide residues in food: 1993 evaluations Part II Toxicology).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/jmpr/jmpmono/v93pr06.htm
• ▲2.  California Environmental Protection Agency, Diquat Dibromide. Risk Caracterization Document. (1994).   http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/risk/rcd/diquat.pdf
• ▲3.  US EPA, Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED): Diquat Dibromide. WASHINGTON. (1995). EPA 738-R-95-016.   http://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/reg_actions/reregistration/red_PC-032201_1-Jul-95.pdf
• ▲4.  California Environmental Protection Agency, Public Health Goals for Chemicals in Drinking Water: Diquat. (2000).   http://oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/pdf/diquat.pdf
• ▲5.  Clark, D.G. et Hurst, E.W., «The toxicity of Diquat.» British Journal of Industrial Medicine. Vol. 27, p. 51-55. (1970). [AP-022069]
• ▲6.  U.S. EPA, Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings. Pesticide Poisoning Handbook - Section III Herbicides - Chapter 12 - Paraquat and Diquat. 6. Washington, DC. (2013). 735K13001.   http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-01/documents/rmpp_6thed_final_lowresopt.pdf
  http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/rmpp_6thed_ch12_paraquatdiquat.pdf
• ▲7.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 288: Diquat. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2012).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_288
• ▲8.  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

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