WHMIS (Cobalt naphthenate (powder))

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Category 21

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Carcinogenicity - Category 22 3 4 5

Warning

Flammable solid (H228)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product belongs to the hazard class "Combustible dust" if 5% or more by weight of its composition has a particle size < 500 µm.

References

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• ▲2.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Chlorinated drinking-water; chlorination by-products; so other halogenated compounds; cobalt and cobalt compounds. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 52. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1991).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono52.pdf
• ▲3.  Palmen, N., Criteria document for Swedish occupational standards. Cobalt and cobalt compounds. Arbete Och Hälsa, Vol. 12. (2005).   https://gupea.ub.gu.se:443/dspace/handle/2077/3194?locale=en
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• ▲4.  Evans, P., Fairhurst, S. et Campion, K., Cobalt and cobalt compounds. Toxicity review 29. London : HSE books. (1993). [MO-004577]
• ▲5.  OECD, «L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) CAS N°: 50-81-7.» In: OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) for High Production Volume Chemicals. UNEP Publications.   http://www.inchem.org/pages/search.html http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/50817.html

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