WHMIS (Methylglycol acetate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 31
• Flash point = 49 °C closed cup (non reported method)

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 42

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1B2 3 4 5
• Toxic to the development
• Toxic to the reproductive function

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 13 5 6

Danger

Flammable liquid and vapour (H226)
Harmful if inhaled (H332)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]
• ▲2.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 131 : Acétate de 2-méthoxyéthyle. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2014). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_131
• ▲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.  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
• ▲5.  Criteria Group for Occupationnal Standards, «Scientific Basis for Swedish Occupational Standards XX : Consensus Report for Ethylene Glycol Methylether and Ethylene Glycol Methylether Acetate.» Arbete och Hälsa. Vol. XX, no. 26, p. 83-95. (1999).   https://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/handle/2077/3194?locale=en
  https://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/bitstream/2077/4204/1/ah1999_26.pdf http://www.inchem.org/documents/kemi/kemi/ah1999_26.pdf
• ▲6.  Johanson G., Criteria document for Swedish occupational standards. Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate.. Arbete Och Hälsa, Vol. 13. (1999).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/kemi/kemi/ah1999_13.pdf

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