Dangerous Goods

What Are Dangerous Goods?

Flammable liquids

give off flammable vapours at or below an established test criteria temperature called “flashpoint” or “flash point” (e.g. alcohols, paint and paint thinners, gasoline, diesel fuel, adhesives, perfumes)

Explosives

blasts, pyrotechnic effects, fragment projections (e.g. dynamite, blasting caps, ammunition, fireworks, gunpowder, detonations, explosions, toy caps); some may have mass explosion hazard

Water-reactive substances

emit flammable gases on contact with water, dangerous when wet (e.g. barium, calcium, potassium, sodium)

Substances liable to spontaneous combustion

liquids and solids, may heat in contact with air and then liable to catch fire (e.g. pyrophoric liquids and solids, oily rags, scrap celluloid); some may be pyrophoric

Gases

compressed (under pressure, entirely gaseous, liable to rupture and rocketing), deeply refrigerated, toxic and/or have asphyxiant properties (e.g. propane, butane, helium, liquefied or dissolved under pressure in a articles charged with a gas, some may be flammable liquid solvent (aerosols), refrigerators)

Flammable solids

readily combustible, may cause fire through friction, may be self-reactive, may have self-accelerating decomposition (e.g. matches, magnesium, sulphur)

Radioactive materials

spontaneously and continuously emit ionizing radiation (e.g. radon, uranium, plutonium, carbon-14) which human senses cannot detect

Infectious substances

substances known to contain or reasonably expected to contain pathogens (micro-organisms including bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, parasites, fungi), cause or promote disease in humans and/or animals, capable of spreading disease when exposure to them occurs (e.g. yellow fever, encephalitis, lassa virus, hepatitis C, rabies, creutzfeldt-jakob agent)

Organic peroxides

thermally unstable strong oxidizers that are also liable to rapid burning (e.g. jet pack fuel), explosive decomposition, causing damage to the eyes and which may be sensitive to impact or friction (e.g. benzoyl peroxide); most react dangerously with other dangerous goods; some require temperature control during transport

Oxidizing substances

Corrosives

acids or bases which destroy skin tissue at site of contact, corrode steel and/or aluminum surfaces (e.g. wet cell batteries, mercury, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid)

Miscellaneous

substances and articles which, during transport, present a danger not more specifically covered by any of the above. They include those substances and articles with anaesthetic, noxious or similar properties, environmentally hazardous substances (e.g. dry ice, wet cell battery powered equipment, lithium ion and metal batteries, internal combustion engines, vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, some air bags and similar safety devices, PCB’s, asbestos)

Toxic (poisonous) substances

acutely toxic, cause death to test animals through oral ingestion (rats), skin contact (rabbits) and/or on inhalation (rats) (e.g. arsenic, cyanide, pesticides)

Some hazardous products are managed for transport by one mode, however not for another. For instance, vehicles and other inside burnings motors fueled by combustible gas (for example propane, petroleum gas) or combustible fluid (for example gas, diesel fuel, ethanol) are directed for transport via airplane and by global marine boat, yet not for transport by street, rail or homegrown marine in Canada. Nickel metal-hydride batteries are controlled for global marine vehicles yet not for street, rail, homegrown marine vehicle or transport via airplane.

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