WHMIS (Nickel carbonate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2

• Skin sensitization - Category 13

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A4

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
May cause cancer (H350)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Due to the lack of data, classifications regarding skin sensitization (H317) was established by analogy to metal Nickel (insoluble nickel compounds).

References

• ▲1.  Centre d'écologie et de toxicologie de l'industrie chimique européenne, Nickel and nickel compounds : review of toxicology and epidemiology with special reference to carcinogenesis. Technical report / ECETOC ; 33. Bruxelles : ECETOC. (1989).   http://www.ecetoc.org/publication/tr-033-nickel-and-nickel-compounds-review-of-toxicology-and-epidemiology-with-special-reference-to-carcinogenesis/
  http://www.ecetoc.org/technical-reports
• ▲2.  Patty, F.A., Harris, R.L. et Ayer, H.E., Patty's industrial hygiene. A Wiley-Interscience publication, 5th ed. New York ; Toronto : John Wiley & Sons. (2000). [RM-214007]
• ▲3.  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Nickel and its compounds (in the form of inhalable dusts/aerosols). The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety, Vol. 22. Allemagne : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2006).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/3527600418
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/3527600418.mb744002vere0022/abstract
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100C. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100C/mono100C.pdf
  

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