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TRES TOXIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 1998-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
  • Security Posters and Signs
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

Under the Controlled Products Regulations, there are specific technical criteria for identifying a very toxic material. There are specific criteria for short-term lethality, long-term toxicity, teratogenicity and embryotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, carcinogenicity, respiratory sensitization and mutagenicity. (See also Toxic.)

OBS

A WHMIS [Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System] chemical class.

OBS

See acute toxicity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toxicologie
  • Affichage de sécurité
  • Santé et sécurité au travail

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
CONT

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • 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).

Spanish

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