WHMIS (Tetryl)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 21 2

• Skin sensitization - Category 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 24 7 8 9

• Physical hazards not otherwise classified (exploding bomb) - Category 110 11 12

Danger

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)
May cause an explosion under conditions of schock and/or friction

Ingredient disclosure

Comments:

This product is an explosive according to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. It also corresponds to a Self-Reactive substance according to the Hazardous Products Regulations.

A thermally unstable substance liable to undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition. Laboratory testing performed on the substance as packaged is nescessary to determine the category (Type A to G) of this hazard class.

References

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• ▲4.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for tetryl : (2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-n-methylnitramine) . Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1995).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp
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• ▲6.  Crepy M.N, «Fiche d'allergologie-dermatologie professionnelle TA 86. Allergènes responsables de dermatites de contact allergiques en mileu de travail.» Document pour le médecin du travail N°123. , p. 319-341. (2010).   http://www.inrs.fr/
• ▲7.  CDC, Occupational Health Guideline for Tetryl. (1978).   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0607.pdf
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• ▲9.  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), N-Methyl-N,2,4,6-tetranitroaniline . The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2012).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/3527600418.mb47945e0011/pdf
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