Section 11: Toxicological information

11. Toxicological information (1) This paragraph deals with the need for a concise but complete and comprehensive description of the various toxicological health effects which can arise if the user comes into contact with the substance or preparation. (2) Include dangerous-to-health effects from exposure to substance or preparation, based on both experiences and conclusions from scientific experiments and the available data used to identify those effects. (3) Include information on the likely routes of exposure (inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact), and describe the symptoms related to the physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics. (4) Include known delayed and immediate effects and also chronic effects from short and long term exposure: for example sensitisation, carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity and reproductive toxicity including adverse effects on reproductive ability or capacity and adverse effects on development of the offspring. (5) Taking account of the information already provided under paragraph 2 ‘Composition/information on ingredients’, it may be necessary to make reference to specific health effects of certain components in preparations. (6) Include numerical measures of toxicity (such as acute toxicity estimates).