Hazard Symbols:TLV: 50 ppm; not classifiable as a human carcinogen.
Risk CodesR36;
Safety: A human poison by intravenous route. Human systemic effects by intravenous route: general anesthetic, heart rate change, cyanosis; by inhalation: hepatitis, nausea, fever. An experimental teratogen. Other experimental reproductive effects. A severe eye irritant. Questionable carcinogen. Human mutation data reported. Used as a clinical anesthetic. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of F−, Cl−, and Br−. See also CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS, ALIPHATIC; BROMIDES; and FLUORIDES.