WHMIS (Sesone)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2 3 4

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 11 3 4 5 6

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 11 4 5 6

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲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.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲4.  Occupational Health Services inc., Pestline : material safety data sheets for pesticides and related chemicals : PST 00020-PST 18670. Vol. 1. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold. (1991). [RM-515078]
• ▲5.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Disul-sodium. ICSC#1142. IPCS, CEC. (1995).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics1142.htm
• ▲6.  Carpenter, C.P, Weil, C.S et Smyth, H.F., «Mammalian toxicity of sesone herbicide.» Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Vol. 9, no. 5, p. 282-285. (1961). [AP-021135]

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