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Hazardous Chemical Details

Cas Number 60-51-5
Chemical Name dimethoate (ISO)
Chemical Synonym O,O-dimethyl methylcarbamoylmethyl phosphorodithioate
Hazard Category Skin sensitisation – category 1
Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1
Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 3
Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3
Acute toxicity (dermal) - category 3
Hazard Statement H317 (May cause an allergic skin reaction)
H372 (Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure)
H331 (Toxic if inhaled)
H301 (Toxic if swallowed)
H311 (Toxic in contact with skin)
Pictogram Pictogram of Skull and Crossbones GHS06 (Skull and Crossbones)
Pictogram of Health Hazard GHS08 (Health Hazard)
Signal Word Danger
Cut-offs
Notes 8 (The tables in schedule 6 of the WHS regulations replace some tables in the GHS, this may affect the cut off concentrations for this chemical.)
Sources V (This entry was assessed under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994)

Hazardous Chemical History

Date Description
18/08/2021 Signal Word modified from
[]
to
[Danger]
Synonym modified from
[ O,O-dimethyl methylcarbamoylmethyl phosphorodithioate]
to
[O,O-dimethyl methylcarbamoylmethyl phosphorodithioate]
Hazard Category modified from
[HC060:Acute toxicity – category 2,
HC061:Acute toxicity – category 3,
HC062:Acute toxicity – category 4,
HC092:Skin sensitisation – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]

to
[HC066:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 3,
HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC076:Acute toxicity (dermal) - category 3,
HC092:Skin sensitisation – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]

Hazard Statement modified from
[H300 Fatal if swallowed;
H311 Toxic in contact with skin;
H332 Harmful if inhaled;
H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction;
H372 Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure]
to
[H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction;
H372 Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure;
H331 Toxic if inhaled;
H301 Toxic if swallowed;
H311 Toxic in contact with skin]
23/06/2016 Chemical Added