WHMIS (Ammonium hydroxide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 11 2 3

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 11 2 3

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 11 3 4 5

Danger

Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, CHEMINFO, Hamilton, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/cheminfo/search.html
• ▲2.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmenta Health Criteria 54: Ammonia. Genève : World Health Organization. (1986). EHC54. [MO-009649]   http://www.inchem.org/pages/ehc.html
• ▲3.  Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry et Environmental Protection Agency, Toxicological profile for ammonia. Draft for public comments. Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry. (2002).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html
• ▲4.  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
• ▲5.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 16 : Ammoniac et solutions aqueuses. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2021). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_16

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