WHMIS (Selenious acid)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 1
• Strong acid: pH of a 0.54% solution < 2

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 1
• Strong acid: pH of a 0.54% solution < 2

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 11 2 3 4 5 6

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

Danger

Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Classifications regarding specific organ toxicity - repeated exposure (H372) is based on all available data for selenium and selenium compounds as sodium selenate.

References

• ▲1.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 150 : Sélénium et composés . Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2011). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_150
• ▲2.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry (ATSDR), Toxicological profile for selenium. ATSDR. Washington D.C. : US Department of Health and Human Services. (2003).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp92.pdf
• ▲3.  International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), Environmental Health Criteria 58: selenium. Geneva : World Health Orgnization. (1987). EHC58.
• ▲4.  NTP, NTP Technical Reporton Toxicity Studies of Sodium Selenate and Sodium Selenite. National Toxicology Program Toxicity Report Series, 38. Research Triangle Park, NC 277 : NIH Publication 94-3387. (1994).
• ▲5.  France, Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques, Sélénium et ses composés . Paris : INERIS. (2011).   http://www.ineris.fr/substances/fr/substance/getDocument/3012
• ▲6.  Kolodziejczyk, L., Put, A. et Grzela, P., «LIVER MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOCHEMISTRY IN RATS RESULTING FROM INGESTION OF SODIUM SELENITE AND SODIUM FLUORIDE.» 6-16. Vol. 33, no. 1, p. 6-16. (2000).

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