WHMIS (Lead)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 2 3

• Reproductive toxicity - Category 1A3 4 5 6 7 8
• Toxic to the reproductive function
• Toxic to the development

• Reproductive toxicity (lactation) - Effects on or via lactation

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 13 4 5

Danger

Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
May damage fertility or the unborn child (H360)
May cause harm to breast-fed children (H362)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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• ▲2.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Overall evaluations of carcinogenicity : an updating of IARC monographs volumes 1-42. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Supplement 7. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1987).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Suppl7.pdf
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/
• ▲3.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 59 : Plomb et composés minéraux. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2006).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_59
• ▲4.  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
• ▲5.  Bingham, E., Cohrssen, B. et Powell, C.H., Patty's toxicology. A Wiley-Interscience publication, 5ème éd. New York (NY) : John Wiley & Sons. (2001). [RM-214008]
• ▲6.  Joint WHO/FAO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA ), «Lead ( Evaluation of health risk to infants and children).» In: WHO food additives series. Vol. 21. Genève : World Health Organization ; International Programme on Chemical Safety. (1987).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v21je16.htm
• ▲7.  Ettinger, A.S. et al., «Maternal Blood, Plasma, and Breast Milk Lead: Lactational Transfer and Contribution to Infant Exposure.» Environmental Health Perspectives. Vol. 122, no. 1, p. 87-92. (2014).   http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/122/1/ehp.1307187.pdf http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1307187/
• ▲8.  Silbergeld, E.K., «Lead in Bone: Implications for Toxicology during Pregnancy and Lactation.» Environmental Health Perspectives. Vol. 91, p. 63-70. (1991).   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1519355/pdf/envhper00387-0065.pdf

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