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    Poison (redirect from Toxic Substances)
    phrase dates to 1898. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) – US federal agency Antidote – Substance that can counteract a form of poisoning...
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    Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism. Toxicity can refer to the effect on...
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    The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States...
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    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a federal public health agency within the United States Department of Health and Human...
    52 KB (5,291 words) - 22:00, 14 August 2024
  • rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the United States Environmental Protection Agency defined PFASs as substances that contain "at...
    153 KB (15,634 words) - 16:17, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for California Department of Toxic Substances Control
    The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (or DTSC) is an agency of the government of the state of California which protects public health...
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  • Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) is a database of toxicity information compiled from the open scientific literature without reference...
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    persistent toxic substances that remain in the environment for extended periods of time before breaking down and bioaccumulative toxic substances that accumulate...
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  • 63%–37% vote. Its goals are to protect drinking water sources from toxic substances that cause cancer or birth defects and to reduce or eliminate exposures...
    36 KB (3,616 words) - 00:47, 19 June 2024
  • various substances, such as medicinal and nonmedicinal substances, legal and illegal drugs, chemicals, and plants. Various psychoactive substances have been...
    35 KB (3,392 words) - 13:51, 18 August 2024
  • detoxication (detox for short) is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body, which is mainly carried...
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    the offspring displaying ventricular septal defects at birth. Substances whose toxicity can cause congenital disorders are called teratogens, and include...
    96 KB (10,033 words) - 21:16, 26 August 2024
  • Toxic encephalopathy can occur following acute or chronic exposure to neurotoxicants, which includes all natural toxins. Exposure to toxic substances...
    16 KB (1,909 words) - 00:06, 9 April 2024
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    healthcare and disability compensation for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The act was first introduced on June 17, 2021...
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    The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), also enacted in 1976, authorizes the EPA to collect information on all new and existing chemical substances, as...
    33 KB (4,089 words) - 01:19, 21 August 2024
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    products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention...
    133 KB (14,664 words) - 06:41, 19 August 2024
  • Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (PBTs) are a class of compounds that have high resistance to degradation from abiotic and biotic factors...
    22 KB (3,061 words) - 21:44, 21 December 2023
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    Dangerous goods (DG), are substances that when transported are a risk to health, safety, property or the environment. Certain dangerous goods that pose...
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    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) applies to all substances and products manufactured in and imported to...
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    occurs when toxic substances are introduced into the body. The term "poisoning" is a derivative of poison, a term describing any chemical substance that may...
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