Chloramphenicol

Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH

Revision date : 2023-02-06


GHS05 GHS08
Health risk rating 4
Safety risk rating 1
Environmental risk rating 1

General Information

Revision date

2023-02-06

Product name

Chloramphenicol

CAS No.

56-75-7

REACH No

is

Emergency telephone

0800 181 7059 (CHEMTREC Deutschland

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Company Information

Company name

Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH

E-mail address of the competent person responsible for the Safety Data Sheet

technischerservice@merckgroup.com

GHS Information

Signal word

Danger

Hazard Codes

Hazard statements (CLP)

H318, H351, H361fd

Hazard statements

Code

Statements

H318

Causes serious eye damage

H351

Suspected of causing cancer

H361fd

Suspected of damaging fertility; Suspected of damaging the unborn child

Precautionary statements

Code

Statements

P202

Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood.

P280

Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

P305+P351+P338

IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses if present and easy to do - continue rinsing.

P308+P313

IF exposed or concerned: Get medical advice/attention.

P405

Store locked up.

P501

Dispose of contents/container to ...

Section 2

CLP CLASSIFICATION

Serious eye damage (Category 1), H318 Carcinogenicity (Category 2), H351 Reproductive toxicity (Category 2), H361fd For the full text of the H-Statements mentioned in this Section, see Section 16.

2.2 Label elements

Labelling according Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H318 Causes serious eye damage. H351 Suspected of causing cancer. H361fd Suspected of damaging fertility. Suspected of damaging the unborn child.

Precautionary statements

P202 Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood. P280 Wear protective gloves/ protective clothing/ eye protection/ face protection. P305 + P351 + P338 IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing. P308 + P313 IF exposed or concerned: Get medical advice/ attention. P405 Store locked up. P501 Dispose of contents/ container to an approved waste disposal plant.

Supplemental label elements

none

2.3 Other hazards

This substance/mixture contains no components considered to be either persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) at levels of 0.1% or higher.

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