WHMIS (N-Nitrosodimethylamine)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 41
• Flash point = 61 °C closed cup (non reported method)

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 22 3 4

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 12 3 4

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 25 6

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1B7

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 15

Danger

Combustible liquid (H227)
Fatal if swallowed (H300)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
May cause cancer (H350)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous substance fact sheet : N--Nitrosodimethylamine, RTK 1405. Right to Know Program. Trenton, NJ. (2002). RTK 1405.   www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  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
• ▲5.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for N-Nitrosodimethylamine. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1989). Microfiche : PB90-182130, ATSDR/TP-89/17   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
• ▲6.  International Program on Chemical Safety, N-Nitrosodimethylamine. Concise International Chemical Assessment. Genève : World Health Organization. (2002). CICAD 38.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad65.htm#8.
• ▲7.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Overall evaluations of carcinogenicity : an updating of IARC monographs volumes 1-42. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Supplement 7. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1987).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Suppl7.pdf
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/

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