WHMIS (Beryllium (powder))

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Undefined category1
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Skin sensitization - Category 1A2 3 4 5 6

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A2 3 7

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 13 5 6 8

Danger

Flammable Solids : Undefined hazard statement
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause cancer (H350)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product belongs to the hazard class "Combustible dust" if 5% or more by weight of its composition has a particle size < 500 µm.

References

• ▲1.  Canada. Ministère des transports, Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2014). [RJ-410222]   http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/tmd/clair-menu-497.htm
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm
• ▲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.  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.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for beryllium. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (2002). Microfiche : PB2003-100135   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
• ▲5.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds. Concise International Chemical Assessment . Genève : World Health Organization. (2001). CICAD 32. [MO-005087]   http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad32.htm
• ▲6.  INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 106 , BERYLLIUM. Genève : World Health Orgnization. (1990). EHC106.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc106.htm
• ▲7.  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
  
• ▲8.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 92 : Béryllium et composés minéraux. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2006). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_92

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