WHMIS (Thioglycolic acid)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 31 2 3

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 21 2 3 4

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 21 3 5

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 12 3 4

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 12 3 4

• Skin sensitization - Category 16

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

Danger

Toxic if swallowed (H301)
Fatal in contact with skin (H310)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 129 : 4,4'-Diisocyanate de diphénylméthane. 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_129
• ▲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.  NTIS, Initial submission : Thioglycolic Acid Acute Inhalation Toxicity Study in Rats' 4-Hour Exposure With Cover Letter Dated 091594. (1989). [MO-004908]
• ▲6.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, «Thioglycolic acid and salts.» In: Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2018). Publication #0100Doc.   http://www.acgih.org

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