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Toxicant

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A toxicant (pronounced TOK-sih-kunt) is any toxic substance. [1]

21 relations: Alcoholic drink, Benzene, Biocide, Carbon nanotube, Chlorine, Developmental toxicity, Diesel exhaust, Electronic cigarette aerosol and liquid, Fish, Heavy metals, Isothiazolinone, Mental state, Mind, National Cancer Institute, Pesticide, Poison, Psychoactive drug, Quaternary ammonium cation, Tobacco smoke, Toxicity, Toxin.

Alcoholic drink

An alcoholic drink (or alcoholic beverage) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar.

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Benzene

Benzene is an important organic chemical compound with the chemical formula C6H6.

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Biocide

A biocide is defined in the European legislation as a chemical substance or microorganism intended to destroy, deter, render harmless, or exert a controlling effect on any harmful organism by chemical or biological means.

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Carbon nanotube

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure.

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Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

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Developmental toxicity

Developmental toxicity is any structural or functional alteration, reversible or irreversible, which interferes with homeostasis, normal growth, differentiation, development or behavior, and which is caused by environmental insult (including drugs, lifestyle factors such as alcohol, diet, and environmental toxic chemicals or physical factors).

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Diesel exhaust

Diesel exhaust is the gaseous exhaust produced by a diesel type of internal combustion engine, plus any contained particulates.

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Electronic cigarette aerosol and liquid

Electronic cigarette aerosol and liquid (sometimes referred to as E-liquid) is the mixture used in vapor products such as electronic cigarettes.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Heavy metals

Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.

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Isothiazolinone

Isothiazolinone (sometimes isothiazolone) is a heterocyclic chemical compound related to isothiazole.

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Mental state

A mental state is a state of mind that an agent is in.

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Mind

The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, language and memory.

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National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Pesticide

Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests, including weeds.

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Poison

In biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances in organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity.

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Psychoactive drug

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.

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Quaternary ammonium cation

Quaternary ammonium cations, also known as quats, are positively charged polyatomic ions of the structure, R being an alkyl group or an aryl group.

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Tobacco smoke

Cigarette smoke is an aerosol produced by the incomplete combustion of tobacco during the smoking of cigarettes.

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Toxicity

Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.

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Toxin

A toxin (from toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicant

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