WHMIS (Opal)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

Not a dangerous product according to HPR classification criteria

Comments1 2 : This product may contain more than 0.1% crystaline silica. If this is the case, please refer to its classification.

References

• ▲1.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Silica, some silicates, coal dust and para-aramid fibrils. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 68. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1997).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono68.pdf
  http://www.iarc.fr
• ▲2.  Bureau international du travail, Encyclopédie de sécurité et de santé au travail. 3ème édition. Genève : BIT. (2000). [RR-003001]   http://www.ilo.org/public/french/protection/safework/cis/products/encyclo/pdf/index.htm

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