WHMIS (Tetrachloroethylene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 21 2

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1B3

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (narcotic effects) - Category 3 - Narcotic effect2 4

Danger

Causes skin irritation (H315)
May cause cancer (H350)
May cause drowsinesss or dizziness (H336)

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.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 29 : Tétrachloroéthylène. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2012).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_29
• ▲3.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Dry cleaning, some chlorinated solvents and other industrial chemicals. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 63. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1995).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono63.pdf
  http://www.iarc.fr
• ▲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

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