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Sensitising
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors => Chemicals - category of danger
Grammatical category
Adjective
Definition
Substances and preparations are sensitising when, if they are inhaled or if they penetrate the skin, they are capable of eliciting a reaction by hypersensitization such that on further exposure to the substance or preparation, characteristic adverse effects are produced.
Definition source
Schedule 1 of The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002
European legislation
Directive 67/548/EEC
British legislation
The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002
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