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H411 — Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects

The GHS hazard statement for hazardous to the aquatic environment — chronic, category 2. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.

At a glance

Official statementToxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
Hazard classHazardous to the aquatic environment — chronic
CategoryCategory 2
Signal wordNo signal word
PictogramGHS09 EnvironmentGHS09 — Environment

What it means

Harmful to aquatic life over longer exposures, factoring in whether the substance degrades or accumulates. Environmental classes appear on SDSs and labels, but in the US they sit with EPA and DOT rather than OSHA.

Precautionary statements paired with H411

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 or a container label for a product carrying H411, these are the P-codes it assigns, in the official Annex 3 groups:

PreventionP273Avoid release to the environment.
ResponseP391Collect spillage.
DisposalP501Dispose of contents/container in accordance with local/regional/national/international regulations.

Substances that carry H411

481 of the 4,225 substances in our database carry H411 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:

  • glutaral — CAS 111-30-8
  • n-hexane — CAS 110-54-3
  • turpentine, oil — CAS 8006-64-2
  • (-)-trans-4-(4'-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxymethyl-N-methylpiperidine — CAS 105812-81-5

Same hazard class: H410 · H412 · H413

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.

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