The GHS hazard statement for hazardous to the aquatic environment — chronic, category 3. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.
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.
When the engine writes SDS Section 2 for a product carrying H412, these are the precautionary statements it assigns, with combined statements written as one line:
459 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H412 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:
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.
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.