WHMIS (Hexachlorocyclopentadiene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 31 2 3

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 11 2

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 21 4

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 21 4

• Skin sensitization - Category 11 5

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation2 6 7

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Toxic in contact with skin (H311)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes skin irritation (H315)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Toxicological profile for hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HCCPD). N.C., USA : ATSDR. (1999). Microfiche : PB99-166670   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp112.html
• ▲3.  Occidental Chem. Corp., Initial submission : acute toxicity study in rats and rabbits : hexachlorocyclopentadiene (C56) (final report) . (1972). Microfiche : OTS0537036
• ▲4.  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
• ▲5.  Shell Oil Co., Toxicology of insecticide intermediates : the skin sensitizing potential of hexachlorocyclopentadiene. (1982). Microfiche : OTS0206204
• ▲6.  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
• ▲7.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 120: Hexachlorocyclopentadiene. Genève : World Health Organization. (1991). EHC120.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc120.htm

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