Class 6 Dangerous Goods Toxic Substances and Infectious Substances (2024)

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Class 6 dangerous goods are toxic substances and infectious substances. There are 2 sub-divisions:

• Division 6.1: Toxic substances
• Division 6.2: Infectious substances

Usually chemicals which are classified as acute toxicity category 1, 2 and 3 under GHS belong to class 6.1 dangerous goods.

• GHS classification criteria for acute toxicity
• Correlations between TDG and GHS

Class 6 Dangerous Goods Examples

Commonly transported class 6 dangerous goods include cyanides, lead compounds, phenol, cresols, some pesticides, biological samples and clinical wastes.

Class 6 Dangerous Goods Label

The picture below shows hazard symbols for Class 6 dangerous goods. More info about the marking and labelling of dangerous goods can be found here.

More Dangerous Goods Classes

• Class 1 Explosives
• Class 2 Gases
• Class 3 Flammable Liquids
• Class 4 Flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
• Class 5 Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
• Class 6 Toxic and Infectious substances
• Class 7 Radioactive material
• Class 8 Corrosive substances
• Class 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, including environmentally hazardous substances

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