WHMIS (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid sodium salt dihydrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2 3

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2

Warning

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments:

This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

Due to the lack of data, classification regarding eye irritation (H319) was established by analogy to EDTA and EDTA tetrasodium salt.

References

• ▲1.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 276 : EDTA et sel tétrasodique. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2009). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_276
• ▲2.  IFA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the German Social Accident Insurance. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA).   https://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp
• ▲3.  Ash, M. et Ash, I., Handbook of Food Additives . 3rd ed. N.Y. : Endicott. (2008). [RT-554003]

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