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The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994

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Gaseous preparations

5.2  Gases that produce such effects are classified as sensitizing and assigned:

  • the symbol Xn and phrase R42 if this effect can be produced by inhafilation,

  • the symbol Xn and phrase R 42/43 if this effect can be produced by inhalation and through contact with the skin.

The individual concentration limits specified in Table VA below, expressed as a volume/volume percentage, determine, when appropriate, the classification of the preparation.

TABLE VA
Classification of the substance (gas)Classification of the preparation
Sensitizing with R42Sensitizing with R43
Sensitizing with R42concentration > 0.2% R42 obligatory
Sensitizing with R42/43concentrationf0.2% R42/43 obligatory

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