Details

Hazardous Chemical Details

Cas Number	74-87-3
Chemical Name	chloromethane
Chemical Synonym	methyl chloride Methane, chloro-
Hazard Category	Flammable gas – category 1 Gases under pressure Acute toxicity – category 4 Carcinogenicity – category 2 Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 2
Hazard Statement	H220 (Extremely flammable gas) H332 (Harmful if inhaled) H351 (Suspected of causing cancer) H373 (May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure if inhaled)
Pictogram	GHS02 ( Flame ) GHS04 (Gas Cylinder) GHS07 (Exclamation Mark) GHS08 (Health Hazard)
Signal Word	Danger
Cut-offs
Notes	U (When put on the market gases should be classified as ‘Gases under pressure’, in one of the groups compressed gas, liquefied gas, refrigerated liquefied gas or dissolved gas. The group depends on the physical state in which the gas is packaged and therefore has to be assigned case by case.) 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 [ methyl chloride] to [ methyl chloride; Methane, chloro-] Hazard Category modified from [HC009:Flammable gas – category 1, HC020:Gases under pressure, HC102:Carcinogenicity – category 2, HC112:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 2] to [HC009:Flammable gas – category 1, HC020:Gases under pressure, HC062:Acute toxicity – category 4, HC102:Carcinogenicity – category 2, HC112:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 2] Pictogram modified from [GHS02,GHS04,GHS08] to [GHS02,GHS04,GHS07,GHS08] Hazard Statement modified from [H220 Extremely flammable gas; H351 Suspected of causing cancer; H373 May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure] to [H220 ; H332 ; H351 ; H373 May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure if inhaled] Sources modified from [EU] to [N,EU]
23/06/2016	Chemical Added