WHMIS (Chlorobenzene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 31
• Flash point = 28°C closed cup (non reported method)

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 42

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 43 4 5 6

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 23 7 8

• Carcinogenicity - Category 29

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (narcotic effects) - Category 3 - Narcotic effect5 6 7 8

Warning

Flammable liquid and vapour (H226)
Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Harmful if inhaled (H332)
Causes skin irritation (H315)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
May cause drowsinesss or dizziness (H336)

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
• ▲4.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 128: Chlorobenzenes other than hexachlorobenzene. Genève : World Health Organization. (1991). EHC128. [MO-007507]   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc128.htm
  http://www.inchem.org/pages/ehc.html
• ▲5.  Greim, H., Essential MAK Value Documentations from the MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Allemagne : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2006). [MO-004572]   www.wiley-vch.de
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• ▲6.  National Academy of Sciences, Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals volume 12. Washington, DC. NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS. (2012).   http://www.nap.edu/catalog/13377/acute-exposure-guideline-levels-for-selected-airborne-chemicals-volume-12
• ▲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.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 23 : Chlorobenzène. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2009). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_23
• ▲9.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, «Chlorobenzene.» 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

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