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Coalition status
BCI Phase out by 2024
FSC restricted HHPs
Chemical pesticide presenting one out of three of the following hazards: acute toxicity, chronic toxicity and environmental toxicity.
Details
Type: Pesticide
Use: Rodenticide
Example applications: -
Example pests controlled: Rats;Mice;Other rodents
Mode of action: Induces abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood
Source: PPDB
Toxicty
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Fatal if inhaled
Mammal toxicity
Acute oral LD50 for most sensitive mammal species (LD50 < 200mg/kg bw).
GHS safety labels
About Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
From Wikipedia: The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon standard managed by the United Nations that was set up to replace the assortment of hazardous material classification and labelling schemes previously used around the world. Core elements of the GHS include standardized hazard testing criteria, universal warning pictograms, and harmonized safety data sheets which provide users of dangerous goods with a host of information. The system acts as a complement to the UN Numbered system of regulated hazardous material transport. Implementation is managed through the UN Secretariat. Although adoption has taken time, as of 2017, the system has been enacted to significant extents in most major countries of the world.[1] This includes the European Union, which has implemented the United Nations' GHS into EU law as the CLP Regulation, and United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards.
- H300
Fatal if swallowed
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Oral - H310
Fatal in contact with skin
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Dermal - H330
Fatal if inhaled
Class: Acute Toxicity
Subclass: Inhalation - H372
Causes damage to organs (state all organs affected, if known) through prolonged or repeated exposure (state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard)
Class: STOT
Subclass: Repeated exposure