pregnant-women-protection

Protection of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Workers Directive, Annex I+II

EU. Chemical Agents: Annexes I & II, Directive 92/85/EEC on Pregnant Workers, 28 November 1992 (updated by table 3 of Annex VI to CLP, 5 October 2018)

This list contains a non-exhaustive inventory of substances to which pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding may not be exposed. Employers are obligated to prevent the exposure of these workers to any agents that may have adverse health effects on either mother or child. The inventory originates from Table 3 of Annex VI to the CLP.

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Distillates (coal tar), benzole fraction, distn. residues; Wash Oil [A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from the distillation of crude benzole (high temperature coal tar). It may be a liquid with the approximate distillation range of 150°C to 300 °C (302°F to 572°F) or a semi-solid or solid with a melting point up to 70 °C (158°F). It is composed primarily of naphthalene and alkyl naphthalenes.]

A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from the distillation of crude benzole (high temperature coal tar). It may be a liquid with the approximate distillation range of 150°C to 300°C (302°F to 572°F) or a semi-solid or solid with a melting point up to 70°C (158°F). It is composed primarily of naphthalene and alkyl naphthalenes. EC / List no: 310-165-3 CAS no: 121620-46-0
CLP (1272/2008) CMRs
Carc. 1B; Muta. 1B
ECCAR Directive 2004/37/EC
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