Environmental
H401
“Toxic to aquatic life”
Official hazard statement, UN GHS Rev. 9 (2021), Annex 3.
How this code is assigned
Summary of the classification criterion the standard itself uses to assign H401. Not a safety recommendation from CarCareTruth.
Source
H401 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 H401
- CRC Carb & Choke Cleaner (12 oz aerosol)
- Liquid Wrench Penetrating Oil
- Star brite Star Tron Enzyme Fuel Treatment
- Stoner Tarminator Tar, Sap, and Asphalt Remover
Listed because the manufacturer’s own published Safety Data Sheet identifies H401 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.