WHMIS (Sodium perchlorate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing solids - Category 21

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 22 3

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 14

Danger

May intensify fire; oxidizer (H272)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Due to the lack of data, classification regarding specific organ toxicity - repeated exposure (H372) was established by analogy to perchlorate ion.

References

• ▲1.  Canada. Ministère des transports, Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2014). [RJ-410222]   http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/tmd/clair-menu-497.htm
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm
• ▲2.  ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) , Information on chemicals (REACH)/ECHA chemicals database. Helsinki, Finland.   http://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/registered-substances
  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲3.  Weeks, M.H., «Toxicological evaluation of blasting agent materials in laboratory animals.» NIOSHTIC Control Number 00094198 / U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency (January-November 1978). (1978). [MO-010049]
• ▲4.  Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry, Toxicological profil for Perchlorates. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (2008).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp162.pdf

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