WHMIS (Hydrogen peroxide 20%)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing liquids - Undefined category1
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 12 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation2 5

Danger

Oxidizing Liquids : Undefined hazard statement
Causes serious eye damage (H318)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Canada. Ministère des transports, Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2014). [RJ-410222]   http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/tmd/clair-menu-497.htm
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, European Union Risk Assessment Report: hydrogen peroxide. 2nd priority list, Vol. 38. Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European. (2003). EUR 20844 EN.   tp://echa.europa.eu/mwg-internal/de5fs23hu73ds/progress?id=64Bg3OtwtG&dl
• ▲4.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, IUCLID data set: hydrogen peroxide. ispra italie : Commission européenne. (2000).   http://esis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/doc/IUCLID/datasheet/7722841.pdf
• ▲5.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 123 : Peroxyde d'hydrogène et solutions aqueuses. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2007). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_123

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