WHMIS (Malathion)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2 3

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1B4

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
May cause cancer (H350)

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.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for malathion. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (2003). Microfiche : PB2004-100003   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
• ▲3.  FAO, Malathion (Pesticide residues in food: 1997 evaluations Part II Toxicological & Environmental). (1997).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/jmpr/jmpmono/v097pr12.htm
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some organophosphate insecticides and herbicides. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 112. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2017).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol112/mono112.pdf

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