WHMIS (Methylmercury chloride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 21

• Carcinogenicity - Category 22

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1A3 4 5 6
• Toxic to the reproductive function (Category 2)
• Toxic to the development (Category 1A)

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 13 4 7

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

Danger

Fatal if swallowed (H300)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  IARC meeting on beryllium, cadmium, mercury and occupational exposures in the glass industry. Lyon : IARC. (1993).
• ▲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.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for mercury. Atlanta [GA] : ATSDR. (1999).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp46.pdf
• ▲5.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 101: Methylmercury. Genève : World Health Organization. (1990). EHC101.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc101.htm
• ▲6.  Cagiano R. et al., «Evidence That Exposure to Methyl Mercury During Gestation Induces Behavioral and Neurochemical Changes in Offspring of Rats..» Neurotoxicology and Teratology. Vol. 12, no. 1, p. 23-28. (1990).
• ▲7.  Joint WHO/FAO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA ), Methylmercury. WHO food additives series 44. Genève : World Health Organization ; International Programme on Chemical Safety. (2000).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v44jec13.htm

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