Hazardous materials in the household and environment.
This is a list of questions about hazardous materials present at home and in the environment. Advices are given about solid waste disposal, general precautions, and emergency action.
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Toxicology, Toxic Substances, Hazardous Substances, Refuse Disposal, Poisoning/prevention & control
Dangers of Lead still linger.
Article that discusses the presence of Lead in products used at home (house paint, food can, ceramicware), its danger, risks and absorption. Also, occupational hazards, drinking water, other sources o...
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Toxicology, Toxic Substances, Hazardous Substances/poisoning, Lead, Lead Poisoning
Bibliography of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides in the environment.
Citations from the scientific literature on the environmental behavior and occurrence of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides were obtained from three computerized bibliographic data bases: Chemical Abst...
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Toxicology, Insecticides, Toxic Substances, Hazardous Substances, Chemical Contamination, Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution, 16209
Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures Newsletters - BELLE.
The focus of BELLE encompasses dose-response relationships to toxic agents, pharmaceuticals, and natural products over wide dosage ranges in in vitro , and in vivo systems, including human populations...
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Toxicology, Chemical Compound Exposure, Radiation Exposure, Toxic Substances, Chemical Compounds, Hazardous Substances, Hazardous Substances/analysis, Hazardous Substances/toxicity, Hazardous Substances/radiation effects, Permissible Limit of Occupational Hazards
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
This information system provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides information o...
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Toxicology, Plants, Toxic, Plant Poisoning, Toxic Substances, Hazardous Substances, Poisoning/prevention & control, iaináriaináriainária
Poisonings associated with illegal use of Aldicarb as a rodenticide - New York City, 1994-1997.
This report presents the first known cases of poisonings resulting from the illegal use of aldicarb as a commercially prepared rodenticide in the United States. MMWR 46(41); 961-963Publication date: 1...
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Toxicology, Aldicarb/poisoning, Hazardous Substances/poisoning, Toxic Substances
Carbon monoxide poisonings associated with snow-obstructed vehicle exhaust systems - Philadelphia and New York City, January 1996.
This report summarizes three cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning reported to Philadelphia's Poison Control Center on January 8-9, and 22 cases reported in New York City on January 8-9. MMWR 45(01)...
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Toxicology, Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Toxic Substances, mentoamentoamentoamentoamentoamento
Unintentional carbon monoxide poisonings in residential settings - Connecticut, November 1993 - March 1994.
To determine the sources of residential CO poisonings in Connecticut, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CDPH) surveyed persons with cases of CO poisoning during November 1993-March 1994. Th...
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Toxicology, Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Hazardous Substances/poisoning, Toxic Substances
Continued use of drinking water wells contaminated with hazardous chemical substances - Virgin Islands and Minesota, 1981-1993.
This report summarizes two cases (Tutu Well Field, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Arden Hills, Minnesota) in which contaminated drinking water wells were being used even though health advisories had ...
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Toxicology, Hazardous Substances/poisoning, Water Pollutants, Toxic Substances, Environmental Pollutants
1,1-Dichloroethene: ATSDR fact sheet.
This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions about 1,1-dichloroethene, and is one in a series of summaries about hazardous substances and their health effects.
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Toxicology, Dichloroethylenes, Dichloroethylenes/poisoning, Dichloroethylenes, Hazardous Substances/poisoning, Toxic Substances, Carcinogens, micosímicosímicosímicosímicos
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