Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001

Marginal note:Sub-categories — substance of special concern

• 34 (1) A chemical product that contains a substance of special concern set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection in a concentration set out in column 2 must, when introduced through a route of exposure set out in column 3, be classified in the sub-category set out in column 4.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
  Item	Substance of special concernFootnote for TABLE TO SUBSECTION 34(1) Sub-Categories — Substance of Special Concern*	Concentration	Route of exposure	Sub-category
  1	Carbon tetrachloride	Any concentration	Oral, inhalation or aspiration	Very Toxic
  2	Diethylene glycol	5% or more	Oral	Harmful
  3	Ethyl acetate	5% or more	Oral	Harmful
  4	Ethylene glycol	(a) 5% or more but less than 10%	Oral	Harmful
  		(b) 10% or more	Oral	Toxic
  5	Hydrocyanic acid or its salts	Any concentration	Oral, dermal or inhalation	Very Toxic
  6	Methyl alcohol	1% or more and a total quantity of 5 mL or more	Oral or inhalation	Toxic
  7	Nitrobenzene	5 mg/kg or more	Oral, dermal or inhalation	Very Toxic
  8	1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane	Any concentration	Oral, dermal or inhalation	Very Toxic
  9	1,2-dichloroethane	(a) 5% or more but less than 10%	Oral or inhalation	Harmful
  		(b) 10% or more	Oral or inhalation	Toxic
  10	1,1,1-trichloroethane	5% or more	Oral or inhalation	Harmful

  • Return to footnote ^*These substances are of special concern because standard animal tests may not reflect the actual hazard they pose to humans.

• Marginal note:Sub-categories — oral exposure

  (2) A chemical product that poses a risk to a consumer through an oral route and has an LD₅₀ set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection must be classified in the sub-category set out in column 2.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	LD50	Sub-category
  1	not more than 50 mg/kg	Very Toxic
  2	more than 50 mg/kg but not more than 500 mg/kg	Toxic
  3	more than 500 mg/kg but not more than 2 000 mg/kg	Harmful

• Marginal note:Sub-categories — dermal exposure

  (3) A chemical product that poses a risk to a consumer through a dermal route and has an LD₅₀ set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection must be classified in the sub-category set out in column 2.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	LD50	Sub-category
  1	not more than 200 mg/kg	Very Toxic
  2	more than 200 mg/kg but not more than 1 000 mg/kg	Toxic
  3	more than 1 000 mg/kg but not more than 2 000 mg/kg	Harmful

• Marginal note:Sub-categories — inhalation exposure

  (4) A chemical product that poses a risk to a consumer through inhalation, is in the state set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection and has a 4-hour LC₅₀ set out in column 2 must be classified in the sub-category set out in column 3.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
  Item	State of the chemical product	4-hour LC50	Sub-category
  1	Gas	(a) not more than 2 500 mL/m3	Very Toxic
  		(b) more than 2 500 mL/m3 but not more than 5 000 mL/m3	Harmful
  2	Vapour	(a) not more than 1 500 mL/m3	Very Toxic
  		(b) more than 1 500 mL/m3 but not more than 2 500 mL/m3	Toxic
  		(c) more than 2 500 mL/m3 but not more than 10 000 mL/m3	Harmful
  3	Dust, mist or fume	(a) not more than 0.5 mg/L	Very Toxic
  		(b) more than 0.5 mg/L but not more than 2.5 mg/L	Toxic
  		(c) more than 2.5 mg/L but not more than 5.0 mg/L	Harmful

• Marginal note:Sub-category — aspiration hazard

  (5) A chemical product must be classified in the sub-category “toxic” if it has a viscosity of 14 mm²/s or less at 40°C and 10% or more of the product is composed of hazardous ingredients that pose an aspiration hazard, including, in particular, any of the following substances:

  • (a) an n-primary alcohol with a composition of at least 3 carbon atoms but not more than 13;

  • (b) an isobutyl alcohol;

  • (c) a terpene alcohol;

  • (d) a ketone with a composition of at least 3 carbon atoms but not more than 13;

  • (e) a hydrocarbon with a composition of at least 3 carbon atoms but not more than 13; or

  • (f) a substance that has been determined to be an aspiration hazard based on its viscosity, surface tension and water solubility through the application of generally accepted standards of good scientific practices.