WHMIS (Cadmium stearate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 22 3

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 24

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A3 4 5

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 26 7 8 9 10
• Toxic to the reproductive function
• Toxic to the development

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 13

Danger

Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
May cause cancer (H350)
Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child (H361)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments:

The toxicity of cadmium compounds is related to the presence of Cd2+ ion. Thus, the classification is based on the toxicity of this ion and takes account of the data available for all cadmium compounds

References

• ▲1.  Combustion and explosion characteristics of dusts : BIA-Report 13/97. Sankt Ausgustin, Allemagne. (1997). [MO-127954]
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲4.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100C. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100C/mono100C.pdf
  
• ▲5.  Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail [S-2.1, r. 13]. Québec : Éditeur officiel du Québec. [RJ-510071]   http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ShowDoc/cr/S-2.1,%20r.%2013
• ▲6.  Schardein, J.L., Chemically induced birth defects. 3ème rév. & expanded. New York : Dekker. (2000). [MO-122294]
• ▲7.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, European Union Draft Risk Assessment Report : Cadmium oxide and cadmium metal. 3rd Priority List. Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (2003).   http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esis/
  http://ecb.jrc.it//DOCUMENTS/Existing-Chemicals/RISK_ASSESSMENT/DRAFT/R303_0307_env_hh.pdf
• ▲8.  Baranski, B., «Behavioral alterations in offspring of female rats repeatedly exposed to cadmium oxide by inhalation.» Toxicology Letters. Vol. 22, p. 53-61. (1984). [AP-021176]
• ▲9.  Schroeder, H.A. et Mitchener, M., «Toxic effects of trace elements on the reproduction of mice and rats.» Archives of environmental health. Vol. 23, no. 2, p. 102-106. (Aug. 1971). [AP-000933]
• ▲10.  Baranski, B, «Effect of exposure of pregnant rats to cadmium on prenatal and postnatal development of the young.» Journal of Hygiene, epidemiology, microbiology and immunology. Vol. 29, no. 3, p. 253-262. (1985). [AP-021174]

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