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Convention Project Chemical Safety
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Factor 1 – What is the health hazard?
Groups A to E and S = Hazard Groups
•R42, R42/43, R45, R46, R49, Muta cat 3 R68
•Special cases      E
•See CM Guide, Tool 1, Figure 7: Allocation of S-Phrases to hazard bands
•Skin/eye               S
damage
•R26, R26/27, R26/27/28, R26/28, R27, R27/28, R28, R39/26, R39/26/27, R39/26/27/28, R39/26/28, R39/27, R39/27/28, R39/28, Carc cat 3 R40, R48/23, R48/23/24, R48/23/24/25, R48/23/25, R48/24, R48/24/25, R48/25, R60, R61, R62, R63, R64
•D
•R23, R23/24, R23/24/25, R23/25, R24, R24/25, R25, R34, R35, R36/37, R36/37/38, R37, R37/38, R39/23, R39/23/24, R39/23/24/25,R39/23/25, R39/24, R39/24/25,R39/25, R41, R43, R48/20, R48/20/21, R48/20/21/22, R48/20/22, R48/21, R48/21/22, R48/22
•C
•R20, R20/21, R20/21/22, R20/22, R21, R21/22, R 22, R33, R67, R68/20, R68/20/21, R68/20/21/22, R68/20/22, R68/21, R68/21/22, R68/22
•B
•R36, R36/38, R38, R65, R66; all dusts and vapors not allocated to another band
•A
•Risk (R-) Phrases
•Hazard Groups
Text Box: Increasing Hazard
Increasing Hazard
Use the R-phrase to determine the chemical’s hazard group