Symbols to be phased out: “Health Hazard/ Harmful to the Ozone Layer” This symbol is generally reserved for household items, such as bleach, washing detergent and toilet cleaner. Products with this symbol can also cause serious environmental damage if not disposed of properly. Household Hazardous Waste Symbols How are products hazardous? Learn what the hazard signs are and what they mean. Corrosive Can burn or destroy living tissue. Acids and bases (caustic) Most cleaning agents are mildly corrosive. Highly corrosive materials include drain cleaners, muriatic (pool) acid, oven cleaners, battery acid, and chlorine . Explosive Can detonate or explode through exposure Figure VI-2 shows some common hazard- ous household products. The following is a list of general product categories with examples of product types. Pesticides Weed killer, insecticides, slug bait, flea collars, mothballs, wood preservatives. Paints and Solvents Latex or oil-based paints, paint thinner, furniture stripper, varnish, stains, WD-40. This month we’re all about giving our home a fresh start and making it as clean and clutter-free as possible. So we’ve been putting our household cleaners to work big-time and we’re sure you have too. And the more we use some of these products, the more we notice hazard symbols on the packaging, and we realized we don't know all their meanings . Orange or red. Square or diamond. They are hazard symbols given to chemicals and substances that are hazardous to health. Both CHIP and the CLP Regulations ensure that the hazards are clearly communicated to workers and consumers. On packaging, labelling and datasheets. Both sets of COSHH symbols were around together for a while. However, the orange symbols have been gradually phased out over the last decade. The red diamond symbols officially replaced the orange symbols on the 1st of June Hazard symbols warn about the dangers of a substance. Risk is the chance that a hazard will cause harm. Risk assessments describe how to reduce the risk of harm when carrying out an experiment. The WHMIS Pictograms/ Symbols are graphic images that immediately show you what type of hazard a hazardous product presents. With a quick glance, you can see, for example, that the product is flammable, or if it might be a health hazard. Most pictograms have a distinctive red, diamond-shaped border. Inside this border is a symbol that represents the potential hazard (fire, health hazard, corrosive, etc.). Together, the symbol and the border are referred to as a pictogram. Pictograms are This pictogram is also used to indicate two health hazard classes for products that can cause destructive, irreversible damage to the skin and eyes. The two hazard classes are: Skin corrosion/irritation - Skin corrosion (Cat. 1, 1A, 1B and 1C) Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Serious eye damage (Cat. 1) Usually you will see the triangle with the explosive symbol inside it. Examples include aerosol cans, such as hair spray or spray paint. Product is corrosiveand will burn skin, eyes, throat, or stomach. Examples include oven cleaner and toilet bowl cleaner. Most chemical products carry hazard symbols telling you whether a substance is harmful and in what way. You might see one or more symbols on a single product. There are nine chemical product symbols. Meaning Symbol; Very toxic (fatal) Contains gas under pressure: Harmful skin and eye irritation: Flammable: Explosive: Harmful to the environment: Increases fire risk: Serious long term health
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