WHMIS (Ethylene glycol)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2 3 4 5

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 13 4 5 6 7 8 9

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes damage to organs (H370)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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• ▲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.  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
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• ▲8.  Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry, Toxicological profil for Ethylene glycol. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (2010).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp96.pdf
• ▲9.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, «Ethylene Glycol.» In: Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2017). Publication #0100Doc.   http://www.acgih.org

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