WHMIS (Barium perchlorate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 1

• Oxidizing solids - Undefined category1 2 3 4 5
• 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.

Danger

Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)
Oxidizing Solids : Undefined hazard statement

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Due to the lack of data, classification regarding specific organ toxicity - repeated exposure (H372)was established by analogy to sodium perchlorate.

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
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• ▲2.  Lewis, R.J., Sr., Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 14th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons. (2001). [RS-407001]
• ▲3.  Davletshina, T.A. et Cheremisinoff, N.P., Fire and explosion hazards handbook of industrial chemicals. New Jersey : Noyes Publications. (1998). 03416. [MO-005594]
• ▲4.  BGIA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the Berufsgenossenschaften. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut.   http://www.hvbg.de/e/bia/fac/stoffdb/index.html
• ▲5.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 3ème éd. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). [RR-015033]   www.wiley.com

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