GHS classification results on the main chemical substances in household chemical products
The top 11 chemical substances were selected from 135 products in the ‘cleaning agents and polishing agents’ class and 98 products from the ‘bleaches, disinfectants and germicides’. For 22 chemical substances, the GHS classification results were the following.
GHS classification for the main ingredients in ‘cleaning agents and polishing agents’
The most commonly used chemical substances in the ‘cleaning agents and polishing agents’ were sodium carbonate (CAS No. 497-19-8) and sodium laureth sulfate (CAS No. 9004-82-4). They were used in 16 out of 135 products. This was followed by sodium alpha-olefin (c14-c16. sulfonate, CAS No. 68439-57-6) in 14 products, isoparaffinic hydrocarbon (CAS No. 64742-48-9) in 12 products, and ethoxylated alcohols (c12-c15) (CAS No. 68551-12-2) and poyloxyethylene (CAS No. 9002-92-0) each used in 11 products. Sodium carbonate, the most frequently used ingredient, was classified as acute toxicity (dermal) ‘Category 2’, acute toxicity inhalation (vapour) ‘Category 3’, serious eye damage and irritation ‘Category 2’. Isoparaffinic hydrocarbon was classified in acute toxicity inhalation (vapour), germ cell mutagenicity, and hazardous to the aquatic environment (chronic) by the GHS classification (Table 3).