H361 — Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child

The GHS hazard statement for reproductive toxicity, category 2. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.

AT A GLANCE · OFFICIAL STATEMENT
“Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child.”
HAZARD CLASS
Reproductive toxicity
CATEGORY
Category 2
SIGNAL WORD
Warning

What it means

May damage fertility or the developing child (Category 1: known or presumed; Category 2: suspected).

Precautionary statements paired with H361

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 for a product carrying H361, these are the precautionary statements it assigns, with combined statements written as one line:

Substances that carry H361

163 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H361 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:

toluene
CAS 108-88-3
styrene
CAS 100-42-5
n-hexane
CAS 110-54-3
chloroform
CAS 67-66-3
SAME HAZARD CLASS:H360

Reference information, not legal or professional advice. Statement texts and allocations follow 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C (the GHS as adopted by OSHA HazCom 2024) as implemented by our classification engine; the regulatory text and agency practice control. Claims last reviewed July 23, 2026.

The engine writes these for you.

When SDS HQ authors an SDS, it assigns the hazard statements, signal word, pictograms, and precautionary statements from these same tables — automatically, with the calculation shown.