Hazard Info

Health Hazards (pure substances)
Substances are chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state as obtained by any production process – the definition of substance includes any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the product and any impurities deriving from the process used, but excludes any solvent which may be separated without offering the stability of the substance or changing its composition. The GHS has 10 Health Hazard classes which are listed below, along with their routes of exposure. Each Health Hazard Class contains one or more hazard categories.

Click the hazard class below to view the related categories and information.

• Acute Toxicity - Oral
• Acute Toxicity - Dermal
• Acute Toxicity - Inhalation
• Skin Corrosion/Irritation
• Eye Damage/Eye Irritation
• Sensitization - Respiratory
• Sensitization - Skin
• Germ Cell Mutagenicity
• Carcinogenicity
• Reproductive Toxicity
• STOST - Single Exposure
• STOST - Repeated Exposure
• Aspiration Hazard
• Hazardous to the Aquatic Environment - Acute Hazard
• Hazardous to the Aquatic Environment - Chronic Hazard

Pictograms
The following link will direct you to the website for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), where they have listed all the GHS pictograms in multiple formats for download.
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/pictograms.html