HAZARD STATEMENTS

Assignment of Risk-Phrases/Hazard Statements to Teratogenic Chemicals... 

Hazard statement, for instance Suspected of causing cancer - there are about 70 hazard statements... 

Pharmacological/Therapeutic Class Warning/Hazard Statements... 

For transport, it is expected that application of the GHS will be similar to application of current transport requirements. Containers of dangerous goods will be marked with pictograms that address acute toxicity, physical hazards, and environmental hazards. As is true for workers in other sectors, workers in the transport sector will be trained. The elements of the GHS that address such elements as signal words and hazard statements are not expected to be adopted in the transport sector. 

Hazard statement means a statement assigned to a hazard class and category that describes the nature of the hazards of a hazardous product, including, where appropriate, the degree of hazard ... 

The harmonized system for hazard communication includes the appropriate labelling tools to convey information about each of the hazard classes and categories in the GHS. The use of symbols, signal words or hazard statements other than those, which have been assigned to each of the GHS hazard classes and categories, would be contrary to harmonization. 

For labels, the hazard symbols, signal words and hazard statements have all been standardized and assigned to each of the hazard categories. These standardized elements should not be subject to variation, and should appear on the GHS label as indicated in the Chapters for each hazard class in this document. For safety data sheets, the chapter Hazard communication Safety Data Sheets (Chapter 1.5) provides a standardized format for the presentation of information. Although precautionary statements have... 

The labeller should have the option of providing supplementary information related to the hazard, such as physical state or route of exposure, with the hazard statement rather than in the supplementary information section on the label, see also 1.4.10.5.4.1. 

The tables in the individual Chapters for each hazard class detail the label elements (symbol, signal word, hazard statement) that have been assigned to each of the hazard categories of the GHS. Hazard categories reflect the harmonized classification criteria. A summary of the allocation of label elements is provided in Annex 1. Special arrangements to take into account the information needs of different target audiences are further described in 1.4.10.5.4. 

All assigned hazard statements should appear on the label. The competent authority may choose to specify the order in which they appear. 

The GHS hazard pictograms, signal word and hazard statements should be located together on the label. The competent authority may choose to provide a specified layout for the presentation of these and for the presentation of precautionary information, or allow supplier discretion. Specific guidance and examples are provided in the Chapters on individual hazard classes. 

In addition to its use in pictograms, colour can be used on other areas of the label to implement special labelling requirements such as the use of the pesticide bands in the FAO Labelling Guide, for signal words and hazard statements or as background to them, or as otherwise provided for by the competent authority. 

Hazard statement Unstable Explosive Explosive mass explosion hazard Explosive severe projection hazard Explosive fire, blast or projection hazard. Fire or projection hazard May mass explode in fire No hazard statement... 

Hazard statement Extremely flammable aerosol Flammable aerosol... 

Hazard statement May cause or intensify fire oxidizer... 

Hazard statement Contains gas under pressure may explode if heated Contains gas under pressure may explode if heated Contains refrigerated gas may cause cryogenic bums or injury Contains gas under pressure may explode if heated... 

Hazard statement Extremely flammable liquid and vapour Highly flammable liquid and vapour Flammable liquid and vapour Combustible liquid... 

Hazard statement Flammable solid Flammable solid... 

Hazard statement Heating may cause an explosion Heating may cause a fire or explosion Heating may cause a fire Heating may cause a fire ... 

Hazard statement Catches fire spontaneously if exposed to air... 

Hazard statement Self-heating may catch fire Self-heating in large quantities may catch fire... 

Hazard statement In contact with water releases flammable gases which may ignite spontaneously In contact with water releases flammable gases In contact with water releases flammable gases... 

Hazard statement May cause fire or explosion strong oxidizer May intensify fire oxidizer May intensify fire oxidizer... 

Hazard statement --Oral Fatal if swallowed Fatal if swallowed Toxic if swallowed Harmful if swallowed May be harmful if swallowed... 

NOTE If a substance/mixture is also determined to be corrosive (based on data such as skin or eye data), corrosivity hazard may also be communicated by some authorities as symbol and/or hazard statement. That is, in addition to an appropriate acute toxicity symbol, a corrosivity symbol (used for skin and eye corrosivity) may be added along with a corrosivity hazard statement such as corrosive or corrosive to the respiratory tract . 

Hazard statement Causes severe skin bums and eye damage Causes severe skin bums and eye damage Causes severe skin bums and eye damage Causes skin irritation Causes mild skin irritation... 

Hazard statement Causes serious eye damage Causes serious eye irritation Causes eye irritation... 

Hazard Statement May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled May cause an allergic skin reaction... 

Hazard statement May cause genetic defects (state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard) May cause genetic defects (state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard) Suspected of causing genetic defects (state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard)... 

Some reproductive toxic effects cannot be clearly assigned to either impairment of sexual function and fertility or to developmental toxicity. Nonetheless, chemicals with these effects would be classified as reproductive toxicants with a general hazard statement. 

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