WHMIS (Barium perchlorate trihydrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing solids - Undefined category1 2 3 4 5
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 16 7 8 9

Danger

Oxidizing Solids : Undefined hazard statement

Ingredient disclosure

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

References

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• ▲2.  Lewis, R.J., Sr., Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 14th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons. (2001).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470114735
• ▲3.  United States Coast Guard et Department of Transport, Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS). Washington, D. C. : United States Coast Guard. (1999).   http://www.suttercountyfire.org/YSHMRT/CHRIS%20MANUAL%20CIM_16465_12C.pdf
• ▲4.  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
• ▲5.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 3ème éd. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). [RR-015033]   www.wiley.com
• ▲6.  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
• ▲7.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 125 : Baryum et ses composés. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2001). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
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• ▲8.  Joint WHO/FAO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA ), «Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food. .» In: WHO food additives series: 63. FAO JECFA monographs 8. , p. 1-799. Genève : World Health Organization ; International Programme on Chemical Safety. (2011).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v63je01.pdf
• ▲9.  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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