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Hazardous Chemical Details

Cas Number	62-55-5
Chemical Name	thioacetamide
Chemical Synonym	Ethanethioamide
Hazard Category	Acute toxicity – category 4 Carcinogenicity – category 1B Germ cell mutagenicity – category 2 Eye irritation – category 2A Skin irritation – category 2 Hazardous to the aquatic environment (chronic) – category 3
Hazard Statement	H302 (Harmful if swallowed) H350 (May cause cancer) H341 (Suspected of causing genetic defects) H319 (Causes serious eye irritation) H315 (Causes skin irritation) H412 (Harmful to aquatic life with long-lasting effects)
Pictogram	GHS07 (Exclamation Mark) 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	N (The classification information for this entry was provided by the National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme) EU (Classification information for chemical is taken from the European Union’s Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation.)

Date	Description
09/05/2018	Synonym modified from [] to [Ethanethioamide] Hazard Category modified from [HC101:Carcinogenicity – category 1B, HC062:Acute toxicity – category 4, HC086:Eye irritation – category 2, HC083:Skin irritation – category 2, HC120:Hazardous to the aquatic environment (chronic) – category 3] to [HC062:Acute toxicity – category 4, HC101:Carcinogenicity – category 1B, HC098:Germ cell mutagenicity – category 2, HC087:Eye irritation – category 2A, HC083:Skin irritation – category 2, HC120:Hazardous to the aquatic environment (chronic) – category 3] Pictogram modified from [GHS08,GHS07] to [GHS07,GHS08] Hazard Statement modified from [H350 May cause cancer; H302 Harmful if swallowed; H319 Causes serious eye irritation; H315 Causes skin irritation; H412 Harmful to aquatic life with long-lasting effects] to [H302 ; H350 ; H341 ; H319 ; H315 ; H412 ] Sources modified from [EU] to [N,EU]
23/06/2016	Chemical Added