WHMIS (Tetrasodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 43 4

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2A1 4

Warning

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

References

• ▲1.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 276 : EDTA et sel tétrasodique. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2009). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_276
• ▲2.  IFA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the German Social Accident Insurance. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA).   https://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp
• ▲3.  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/
• ▲4.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, European Union Risk Assessment Report : Tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Na4EDTA). 1st Priority List, Vol. 51. Luxemburg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (2004).   http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/415c121b-12cd-40a2-bd56-812c57c303ce

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