WHMIS (Propylene glycol dinitrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 31 2 3 4 5

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 11 5

• Physical hazards not otherwise classified (exploding bomb) - Category 16 7 8 9

Danger

Toxic if swallowed (H301)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)
May cause an explosion through a vigorous reaction of decomposition

Ingredient disclosure

Comments6 7 8 9 : A thermally unstable substance liable to undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition. Laboratory testing performed on the substance as packaged is nescessary to determine the category (Type A to G) of this hazard class.

References

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