WHMIS (Nickel)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin sensitization - Category 11 2 3

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A4

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 15 6

Danger

May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause cancer (H350)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Kanerva, L. et al., Handbook of occupational dermatology. Berlin : Springer. (2000). [RM-015009]
• ▲2.  Rietschel, R.L. et Fowler, Jr., J.F., Fisher's contact dermatitis. 5ème. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2001).
• ▲3.  Adams, R.M., Occupational skin disease. 3ème éd. Montréal : W.B. Saunders. (1999). [MO-002494]
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100C. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100C/mono100C.pdf
  
• ▲5.  Patty, F.A., Patty's industrial hygiene and toxicology. Vol. 2, 3rd ed. New York : John Wiley & Son. (1978).
• ▲6.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, European union risk assessment report: Nickel. Luxembourg : Office for official publications of the european. (2008).

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