WHMIS (Hydroquinone)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2 3 4

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 5 6 7 8

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 21 6 7 8 9

• Skin sensitization - Category 11 6 7 8 10

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 21 6 8 9

Warning

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

References

• ▲1.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 159 : Hydroquinone. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2006). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_159
• ▲2.  Canada. Ministère de l'environnement, Règlement sur certaines substances toxiques interdites (2005). Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2005). DORS/2005-41.   http://www.ec.gc.ca/registrelcpe/documents/regs/g2-13905_r1.pdf
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Hazardous materials handbook. New York (NY) : Van Nostrand Reinhold. (1996). [RR-515125]
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  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
• ▲7.  Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, Hydroquinone. (CAS No:123-31-9). OECD Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS). UNEP PUBLICATIONS. (2004).   http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/OECDSIDS/sidspub.html
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• ▲8.  BGIA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the Berufsgenossenschaften. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut.   http://gestis-database.dguv.de
• ▲9.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Re-evaluation of some organic chemicals, hydrazine and hydrogen peroxide : part 2. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 71. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (1999).   https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono71.pdf
• ▲10.  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

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