WHMIS (Cesium fluoride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 21

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 12 3 4

Danger

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Due to the lack of data, the classifications regarding serious eye damage / eye irritation (H319) and specific organ toxicity - repeated exposure (H372) were established by analogy to Sodium fluoride (soluble and inorganic fluorides)

References

• ▲1.  Elf Atochem America Inc., Initial submission : a primary eye irritation study in rabbits with sodium fluoride (final report). (1996). Microfiche : OTS0558614
• ▲2.  ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) , Information on chemicals (REACH)/ECHA chemicals database. Helsinki, Finland.   http://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/registered-substances
  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲3.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for : fluorides, hydrogen fluoride, and fluorine. Atlanta (GA) : ATSDR. (2003).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
• ▲4.  Greim, H., Essential MAK Value Documentations from the MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Allemagne : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2006). [MO-004572]   www.wiley-vch.de
  www.mak-collection.com

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