WHMIS (PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

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

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 22 3

Warning

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, «European Union Risk Assessment Report : Diphenyl ether, pentabromo seriv..» In: 1st Priority List . Vol. 5. (2001). EUR 19730 EN.   http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/781ee1e9-6c90-467e-998b-8910ca2793e5
• ▲3.  Czerska M. et al., «Effects of Brominated Diphenyl Ethers on Thyroid Hormone, Neurodevelopment and Fertility in Rodents and Humans.» International journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. Vol. 26, no. 4, p. 498-510. (2013). [AP-000443]

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