WHMIS (1,1,1-Trichloroethane)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 21

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1B2

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (narcotic effects) - Category 3 - Narcotic effect3

Danger

Causes skin irritation (H315)
May cause cancer (H350)
May cause drowsinesss or dizziness (H336)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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/
• ▲2.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane and four other industrial chemicals. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 130. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2022).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  Volume130.pdf
• ▲3.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for 1,1,1-trichloroethane. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1995). [MO-016493]   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/

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