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Methyl salicylate

EC / List no.: 204-317-7

CAS no.: 119-36-8

Mol. formula: C8H8O3

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GHS08: Serious Health Hazard GHS07: Health hazard

Warning! According to the harmonised classification and labelling (ATP17) approved by the European Union, this substance is harmful if swallowed, is suspected of damaging the unborn child, is harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects and may cause an allergic skin reaction.

Additionally, the classification provided by companies to ECHA in REACH registrations identifies that this substance causes serious eye damage.

  • R

Possibly Toxic to Reproduction

  • Ss

Skin sensitising

  • ED

Possibly Endocrine Disrupting

This substance is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 to < 10 000 tonnes per annum.

This substance is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.

This substance is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.

Consumer Uses

This substance is used in the following products: washing & cleaning products, air care products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), cosmetics and personal care products, polishes and waxes and perfumes and fragrances.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid and outdoor use as processing aid.

Article service life

ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.

Widespread uses by professional workers

This substance is used in the following products: washing & cleaning products, cosmetics and personal care products, polishes and waxes, fuels, air care products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), laboratory chemicals, perfumes and fragrances and pharmaceuticals.
This substance is used in the following areas: health services.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid, outdoor use as processing aid, indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters) and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).

Formulation or re-packing

This substance is used in the following products: perfumes and fragrances, cosmetics and personal care products, air care products, washing & cleaning products and fuels.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.

Uses at industrial sites

This substance is used in the following products: washing & cleaning products, cosmetics and personal care products, fuels, laboratory chemicals, perfumes and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, air care products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products) and polishes and waxes.
This substance is used in the following areas: scientific research and development and health services.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals and food products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), in the production of articles and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.

Manufacture

Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance.

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