WHMIS (Fibres-Natural Mineral Fibres, Attapulgite)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Carcinogenicity - Category 21 2 3

Warning

Suspected of causing cancer (H351)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail [S-2.1, r. 13]. Québec : Éditeur officiel du Québec. [RJ-510071]   http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ShowDoc/cr/S-2.1,%20r.%2013
• ▲2.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Silica, some silicates, coal dust and para-aramid fibrils. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 68. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1997).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono68.pdf
  http://www.iarc.fr
• ▲3.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), Attapulgite. ICSC#1321. (1998).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics1321.htm

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