WHMIS (Glycidyl methacrylate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 41
• Flash point = 76 °C Setaflash closed cup

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 42 3

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 32 3

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 42

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 22

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 22

• Skin sensitization - Category 12 3

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1B4

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation3

Danger

Combustible liquid (H227)
Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Toxic in contact with skin (H311)
Harmful if inhaled (H332)
Causes skin irritation (H315)
May cause cancer (H350)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product is generally commercialized with an inhibitor. Therefore, the health hazard classification could be different, according to the inhibitor used and its concentration. The physical hazard classification considers the product as inhibited. However, under certain conditions (e.g. depletion or absence of the inhibitor) a hazardous polymerisation may occur.

References

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• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, Glycidyl methacrylate (CAS 106-91-2). OECD Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS). UNEP PUBLICATIONS. (2000).   http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/OECDSIDS/106912.pdf
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some industrial chemical intermediates and solvents. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 125. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2020).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  Volume125.pdf

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