Lists for pregnant employee chemicals to avoid.
When reviewing (SDS) safety data sheet's, in addition to Section 11, Toxicology,
Also review the hazard statements in Section 2,
Hazards Identification, where you may see something like "H360 May damage fertility or the unborn child."
While there is not ONE definitive list of reproductive toxinS, here are some lists of reproductive toxins:
https://www.ehs.iastate.edu/publications/factsheets/CarcReproTerat.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447413/
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/reproductivehazards/additionalinformation.html
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/safety/doc/REPRODUCTIVE_TOXINS.pdf
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65/p65list112318.pdf
https://unc.policystat.com/policy/5812455/latest/#autoid-2gw4v
Japan has a list
https://www.jniosh.johas.go.jp/icpro/jicosh-old/english/topics/mutagenicchemicals/mutagenicchemicals.html
EU does too
https://oshwiki.eu/wiki/Carcinogenic,_mutagenic,_reprotoxic_(CMR)_substances
SDS NOTE: An issue with products used in the workplace is that they are often mixtures of chemicals. Maybe a chemical that is a reproductive toxin will be 10 percent of the contents of a mixture. The manufacturer needs to write a safety data sheet. That doesn't mean that they will write a good one. For example, at least in the past, many products that contained bis-phenol A did not include any information on endocrine disruption, although bis-phenol A was a well-known estrogen mimic. In the absence of time-consuming research, you can be at the mercy of the manufacturer.
When reviewing (SDS) safety data sheet's, in addition to Section 11, Toxicology,
Also review the hazard statements in Section 2,
Hazards Identification, where you may see something like "H360 May damage fertility or the unborn child."
While there is not ONE definitive list of reproductive toxinS, here are some lists of reproductive toxins:
https://www.ehs.iastate.edu/publications/factsheets/CarcReproTerat.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447413/
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/reproductivehazards/additionalinformation.html
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/safety/doc/REPRODUCTIVE_TOXINS.pdf
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65/p65list112318.pdf
https://unc.policystat.com/policy/5812455/latest/#autoid-2gw4v
Japan has a list
https://www.jniosh.johas.go.jp/icpro/jicosh-old/english/topics/mutagenicchemicals/mutagenicchemicals.html
EU does too
https://oshwiki.eu/wiki/Carcinogenic,_mutagenic,_reprotoxic_(CMR)_substances
SDS NOTE: An issue with products used in the workplace is that they are often mixtures of chemicals. Maybe a chemical that is a reproductive toxin will be 10 percent of the contents of a mixture. The manufacturer needs to write a safety data sheet. That doesn't mean that they will write a good one. For example, at least in the past, many products that contained bis-phenol A did not include any information on endocrine disruption, although bis-phenol A was a well-known estrogen mimic. In the absence of time-consuming research, you can be at the mercy of the manufacturer.
