P202 — Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood

A prevention statement from GHS Annex 3 — the precautionary half of the label language on SDSs and containers.

At a glance

Official statement	Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood.
Group	Prevention (P2xx)

Which hazards call for P202

Our engine assigns P202 whenever a product carries any of these hazard statements:

H340	May cause genetic defects.
H341	Suspected of causing genetic defects.
H350	May cause cancer.
H351	Suspected of causing cancer.
H360	May damage fertility or the unborn child.
H361	Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child.

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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