WHMIS (Hexachlorobenzene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 2 3 4

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 23 5 6
• Toxic to the development

• Reproductive toxicity (lactation) - Effects on or via lactation6 7

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 14 5 6 7

Danger

Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child (H361)
May cause harm to breast-fed children (H362)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail [S-2.1, r. 13]. Québec : Éditeur officiel du Québec. [RJ-510071]   http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ShowDoc/cr/S-2.1,%20r.%2013
• ▲2.  Report on Carcinogens, 15th edition. Research Triangle Park, NC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program. (2021).   https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/pubhealth/roc/index-1.html
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some thyrotropic agents. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 79. Lyon : Internationall Agency for Research on Cancer. (2001).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono79.pdf
• ▲5.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for hexachlorobenzene. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1990). Final report. Microfiche : PB91-180380, ATSDR/TP-90/17   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
• ▲6.  Bingham, E., Cohrssen, B. et Powell, C.H., Patty's toxicology. A Wiley-Interscience publication. New York (Toronto) : John Wiley. (2001-). [RM-214008]   http://www3.interscience.wiley.com (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/104554795/HOME)
• ▲7.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 195: Hexachlorobenzene. Genève : World Health Organization. (1997). EHC195.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc195.htm

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