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This is the list of extremely hazardous substances defined in Section 302 of the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 11002). The list can be found as an appendix to 40 CFR 355. [1] Updates as of 2006 can be seen on the Federal Register, 71 FR 47121 (August 16, 2006). [2]
Many gases have toxic properties, which are often assessed using the LC 50 (median lethal concentration) measure. In the United States, many of these gases have been assigned an NFPA 704 health rating of 4 (may be fatal) or 3 (may cause serious or permanent injury), and/or exposure limits (TLV, TWA/PEL, STEL, or REL) determined by the ACGIH professional association.
Poison hemlock is one of the deadliest plants found in North America, containing highly toxic piperidine alkaloid compounds that cause respiratory failure and death in mammals. While all parts of ...
Kaori Yuki: Count Cain (GodChild after vol. 5) Protagonist Cain Hargreaves is known as the Count/Earl of Poisons. He has quite a collection of poisons, and frequently solves murder cases, almost all of which involve poisons. Snow White ate a poisoned apple; Mingo Swieter in Ricarda Huch's 1917 novel, The Deruga Case
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Second deadliest bacterial foodborne outbreak in US. Second deadliest listeriosis outbreak. 2008: 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak: Listeria: cold cuts: Maple Leaf Foods [9] >50: 22 [10] Deadliest foodborne outbreak in Canada. 1996 1996 Wishaw (Scotland) E. coli outbreak E. coli O157: meat: John Barr 496: 21: At the time the world's deadliest ...
The America’s Poison Centers said that there were 2,834 calls in 2023, a stark increase from 2022’s 2,323 calls. Assortment of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks in various flavors. Getty Images
Iraq poison grain disaster: A mass poisoning by grain treated with a methylmercury fungicide which was imported to the country as seed and never intended for human consumption. According to several estimates, the recorded death toll varies from 459 to 650 people, though much higher estimates have been offered.