WHMIS (Ammonium persulfate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing solids - Category 31

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 42 3 4 5 6

• Respiratory sensitization - Category 15 6 7

• Skin sensitization - Category 12 5 6 7

Warning

May intensify fire; oxidizer (H272)
Harmful if swallowed (H302)
May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled (H334)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)

Ingredient disclosure

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.  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
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 260 : Persulfate d'ammonium. Persulfate de potassium. Persulfate de sodium. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2006). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_260
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), Ammonium Persulfate. ICSC#0632. (2001).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0632.html

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