WHMIS (Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 31
• Flash point = 39 °C closed cup (non reported method)

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 42 3 4 5

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 32 4 6

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1B3 4 7 8 9 10
• Toxic to the development
• Toxic to the reproductive function

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 13 4 7 9

Danger

Flammable liquid and vapour (H226)
Harmful in contact with skin (H312)
Toxic if inhaled (H331)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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• ▲2.  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
• ▲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
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• ▲5.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 115: 2- Methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, and their acetate. Genève : World Health Organization. (1990). EHC115.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc115.htm
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  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲7.  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
• ▲8.  INRS, DEMETER : documents pour l'évaluation médicale des produits toxiques vis-à-vis de la reproduction. Paris : Institut national de recherche et de sécurité pour la prévention des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles. (2006).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/demeter.html
• ▲9.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether. ICSC#0061. IPCS, CEC. (2003).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0061.htm
• ▲10.  El-Zein, R.A. et al., «Exposure to ethylene glycol monomethyl ether: clinical and cytogenitic finding.» Archives of Environmental Health. Vol. 57, no. 4, p. 371-376. (2002).

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