WHMIS (Sulfur dioxide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Gases under pressure - Liquefied gas1
• Liquified gas, listed in : UN Recommendations on the TDG - Model Regulations Vol II.

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 3

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 12 3
• Strong acid: pH of a saturated solution = 0,8

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

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 25 6 7

Danger

Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated (H280)
Corrosive to the respiratory tract; Toxic if inhaled (H331)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Nations-Unies, «Partie 4 - Dispositions relatives à l'utilisation des emballages et des citernes - Liste des instructions d'emballage.» In: Recommandations relatives au transport des marchandises dangereuses - Règlement type - Dix-huitième édition révisée . New-York, N.Y. : United Nations. (2013). ST/SG/AC.10/1/rev. 18 (Vol. II). [MO-026856]   http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/French/Rev18f_Volume2.pdf
  http://www.unece.org/fr/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/18files_f.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 41 : Dioxyde de soufre. 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_41
• ▲4.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for sulfur dioxide. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1998).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp116.pdf
• ▲5.  Meng, Z., Qin, G. et Zhang, B., «DNA damage in mice treated with sulfur dioxide by inhalation.» Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. Vol. 46, no. 3, p. 150-155. (2005).
• ▲6.  Meng Z. et Zhang, B., «Induction effects of sulfur dioxide inhalation on chromosomal aberrations in mouse bone marrow cells.» Mutagenesis. Vol. 17, no. 3, p. 215-217. (2002).
• ▲7.  Meng, Z. et al., «Micronuclei induced by sulfur dioxide inhalation in mouse bone-marrow cells in vivo.» Inhalation Toxicology. Vol. 14, p. 303-309. (2002).

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