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HIGHLY TOXIC [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-06-28

English

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  • Toxicology
CONT

Rats ... often consume clay after eating highly toxic plants; the clay absorbs the poison.

French

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  • Toxicologie
CONT

La toxicité aiguë étant mesurée par la DL 50 (exprimée en mg/kg), les niveaux de toxicité (par voie orale) sont dénommés : très toxique (anglais highly toxic), toxique (anglais moderately toxic, slightly toxic), nocif (anglais practically non toxic, relatively harmless).

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