WHMIS (Chromous chloride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases - Undefined category1 2 3 4
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 45 6 7 8

Warning

Substances and Mixtures which, in Contact with Water, Emit Flammable Gases : Undefined hazard statement
Harmful if swallowed (H302)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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• ▲2.  United States Coast Guard et Department of Transport, Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS). Washington, D. C. : United States Coast Guard. (1999).   http://www.suttercountyfire.org/YSHMRT/CHRIS%20MANUAL%20CIM_16465_12C.pdf
• ▲3.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 3ème éd. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). [RR-015033]   www.wiley.com
• ▲4.  Pohanish, R.P., Sittig's handbook of toxic and hazardous chemicals and carcinogens. 6th ed. Amsterdam : William Andrew. (2012). [RR-015003]   https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9781437778694/sittigs-handbook-of-toxic-and-hazardous-chemicals-and-carcinogens
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  Smyth, H.F., Carpenter, C.P. et Weil, C.S., «Range-Finding Toxicity Data : List VII.» American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. Vol. 30, no. 5, p. 470-476. (1969). [AP-000464]
• ▲7.  Vyskocil, A., Viau, C. et Brodeur, J., Recherche d'informations sur le chrome (métal) et sur les classes de produits chrome II et chrome III : Rapport final présenté à la CSST. Montréal : Département de Médecine du travail et d'hygiène du milieu, Université de Montréal. (1994). [MO-016785]
• ▲8.  Fairhurst, S. et Minty, C. A., The Toxicity Review The toxicity of chromium and inorganic chromium compounds. HSE Toxicity Review 21. Londres. (1989). [MO 013611]

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