WHMIS (Sodium cyanide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 21 2 3

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 12 4

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 15
• Releases a toxic gas upon contact with water: hydrogen cyanide

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 12
• Strong base: pH of a 0.1M solution = 11.15

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 12
• Strong base: pH of a 0.1M solution = 11.15

Danger

Fatal if swallowed (H300)
Fatal in contact with skin (H310)
On contact with water releases gases which are fatal if inhaled
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 111 : Cyanure de sodium. Cyanure de potassium. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2006).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_111
• ▲4.  Ballantyne, B, «Acute percutaneous systemic toxicity of Cyanides.» Journal of Toxicology : Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology. Vol. 13, no. 3, p. 249-262. (1994).
• ▲5.  United States Coast Guard et Department of Transport, Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS). Washington, D. C. : United States Coast Guard. (1999).   http://www.suttercountyfire.org/YSHMRT/CHRIS%20MANUAL%20CIM_16465_12C.pdf

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