WHMIS (Antimony trioxide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2

• Carcinogenicity - Category 23 4

Warning

Suspected of causing cancer (H351)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

References

• ▲1.  Urben, P. G. et Pitt, M.J., Bretherick's handbook of reactive chemical hazards. Vol. 1, 7th ed. Oxford; Toronto : Elsevier. (2007). [RS-415001]
• ▲2.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some organic solvents, resin monomers and related compounds, pigments and occupational exposures in paint manufacture and painting. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 47. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1989).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono47.pdf
  http://www.iarc.fr

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