Health — chronic (CMR + organ)

H340

“May cause genetic defects”

Official hazard statement, UN GHS Rev. 9 (2021), Annex 3.

How this code is assigned

GHS classGerm cell mutagenicity, Categories 1A / 1B

CriterionAssigned to substances known or presumed to induce heritable mutations in germ cells of humans.

Summary of the classification criterion the standard itself uses to assign H340. Not a safety recommendation from CarCareTruth.

Source

H340 is a hazard statement defined in Annex 3 of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), Revision 9 (2021). The text above is quoted verbatim from that standard.

CarCareTruth publishes the official statement and a restatement of the standard’s own classification criterion. We do not add safety recommendations, severity judgments, or interpretation of what action a user should take. For full regulatory context, consult the published standard or the product’s own Safety Data Sheet (Section 2).

Products on CarCareTruth whose published SDS includes H340

Turtle Wax Power Out! Carpet & Mats Heavy Duty Cleaner

Listed because the manufacturer’s own published Safety Data Sheet identifies H340 as a hazard statement for the product.

Sources: United Nations, Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), Rev. 9 (2021), Annex 3 for the hazard-statement text. Product associations are taken verbatim from Section 2 of the Safety Data Sheet published by each product’s manufacturer. CarCareTruth does not add interpretation to GHS hazard codes.