H372Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure

The GHS hazard statement for specific target organ toxicity, repeated exposure, category 1. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.

AT A GLANCE · OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure.
HAZARD CLASS
Specific target organ toxicity, repeated exposure
CATEGORY
Category 1
SIGNAL WORD
Danger

What it means

Damage to a specific organ or body system from prolonged or repeated exposure — the classic occupational-disease pattern (Category 1: known or presumed in humans; Category 2: suspected).

Precautionary statements paired with H372

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 or a container label for a product carrying H372, these are the P-codes it assigns, in the official Annex 3 groups:

Substances that carry H372

295 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H372 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:

styrene
CAS 100-42-5
n-hexane
CAS 110-54-3
benzene
CAS 71-43-2
chloroform
CAS 67-66-3
SAME HAZARD CLASS:H373

Reference information, not legal or professional advice. Statement texts and allocations follow GHS Rev 9 / 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C as implemented by our classification engine; the regulatory text and agency practice control. Claims last reviewed July 23, 2026.

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