WHMIS (Formaldehyde)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable gases - Category 11
• Flammable limit - concentration range = 66 %

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 22 3 4 5 6

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 23 6 7 8

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 23

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1A9 10

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation4 8 9

Danger

Extremely flammable gas (H220)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
May cause cancer (H350)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards. 3 ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : NIOSH. (2007). [RM-514001]   https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html
• ▲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.  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
• ▲4.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 89: Formaldehyde. Genève : World Health Organization. (1989). EHC89.   http://www.inchem.org/pages/ehc.html
• ▲5.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 7 : Aldéhyde formique et solutions aqueuses. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2011). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
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• ▲6.  Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OECD), Formaldehyde. (CAS No: 50-00-0). Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS). Paris : UNEP Publications. (2002). SIAM 14.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/FORMALDEHYDE.pdf
• ▲7.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Formaldehyde. Concise International Chemical Assessment . Genève : World Health Organization. (2002). CICAD 40.   http://www.inchem.org/pages/cicads.html
• ▲8.  Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques (INERIS), Fiche de données toxicologiques et environnementales des substances chimiques. Formaldéhyde. (2010).   http://www.ineris.fr/ Dans Rapports d'étude, Toxicologie et environnement, Fiche de données
• ▲9.  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
• ▲10.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, A Review of Human Carcinogens: Chemical Agents and Related Occupations. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 100F. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2012).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100F/index.php

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