HOW TO READ A WHMIS SAFETY DATA SHEET
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11.2 Information on Toxicological Effects
Mixture
– Acute Toxicity
• Oral LD50: 111.57 mg/kg
• LC 50 (Inhalation): 3.7 mg/L – 4 hours
• Skin LD50: 321.34 mg/kg
– Skin Corrosion/Irritation
• No data available
– Serious Eye Damage/Eye Irritation
• No data available
– Respiratory or Skin Sensitization
• No data available
– Germ Cell Mutagenicity
• No data available
– Carcinogenicity
• No data available
– Reproductive Toxicity
• No data available
This area will provide detailed information about potential health risks
associated with exposure to the hazardous product. In this example, the
manufacturer has provided data on the mixture and individual ingredients.
The toxicological data provided here is for the hazardous product overall.
Acute Toxicity refers to harmful effects that can occur shortly after
exposure. This may happen through ingestion (oral route – single dose or
multiple doses within a 24 hour period), inhalation (exposure of 4 hours),
and/or dermally (skin route – single dose or multiple doses within a 24
hour period). The data provided in this example matches the classification
requirement given in section 2: Acute toxicity, Oral (Category 3), Acute
toxicity, Inhalation (Category 3), Acute toxicity, Dermal (Category 3)
(see section 8.1.1 Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3 of Hazardous Products
Regulations – SOR/2015-17).
