WHMIS (Tetramethylsuccinonitrile)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 21 2 3 4 5 6

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 26

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 25 6 7 8

Danger

Fatal if swallowed (H300)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
May cause damage to organs (H371)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Inhalation acute toxicity (H330) classification was established from the lowest tested dose (0,5 mg/l for 4 heures). At this dose, all animals died. Therefore this chemical could be classified in a more severe hazard category than the one mentioned above.

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲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.  Cairelli, S.G., Ludwig, H.R. et Whalen, J.J., Documentation for immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations (IDLHS). Cincinnati (OH) : NIOSH. (1994). PB-94-195047. [RM-515102]   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html
• ▲5.  Health Council of the Netherlands, «Committee on Updating of Occupational Exposure Limits. Tetramethyl succinonitrile.» In: Health-based Reassessment of Administrative Occupational Exposure Limits. The Hague : Health Council of the Netherlands. (2002). 2000/15OSH/041.   http://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/sites/default/files/00%4015041OSH.PDF
• ▲6.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, «Tetramethyl Succinonitrile (CAS 3333-52-6).» In: Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001). Publication #0100Doc.   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Tetramethyl Succinonitrile. ICSC#1121. IPCS, CEC. (1999).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics1121.htm
• ▲8.  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous substance fact sheet : Tetramethyl Succinonitrile. Right to Know Program. Trenton, NJ. (2001). RTK 1834.   www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb

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