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  2. List of highly toxic gases - Wikipedia

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    Highly Toxic: a gas that has a LC 50 in air of 200 ppm or less. [2] NFPA 704: Materials that, under emergency conditions, can cause serious or permanent injury are given a Health Hazard rating of 3. Their acute inhalation toxicity corresponds to those vapors or gases having LC 50 values greater than 1,000 ppm but less than or equal to 3,000 ppm ...

  3. Metal fume fever - Wikipedia

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    Metal fume fever, also known as brass founders' ague, brass shakes, [1] zinc shakes, galvie flu, galvo poisoning, metal dust fever, welding shivers, or Monday morning fever, [2] is an illness primarily caused by exposure to chemicals such as zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3), or magnesium oxide (MgO) which are produced as byproducts in the fumes that result when certain metals are ...

  4. Dust - Wikipedia

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    House dust under a microscope Domestic dust on a ribbon A video on reducing dust exposure in the workplace. Dust control is the suppression of solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers (i.e. half a millimeter). Dust poses a health risk to children, [12] older people, and those with respiratory diseases. House dust can become ...

  5. Household hazards like gas stoves and cleaning products ...

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    With research linking gas stoves with pollution, Johnson says that more studies are needed to look at the potential impact of these stoves on the development of serious health conditions like ...

  6. Are gas stoves actually that bad for your health? Here's what ...

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    Gas stoves have ignited recent debate about the potential health risks associated with their emissions, including childhood asthma. Here's what parents need to know.

  7. Cooking with a gas stove may be as bad as breathing ...

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  8. Particulates - Wikipedia

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    Some types of dust, e.g., ashes, soot, paint, glass, plastic and dust from certain man-made fibres, which are brittle and break easily (can fragment and "proliferate"), can pose greater threats and irritations to humans. Those with sharp edges may be even more problematic.

  9. Study finds more evidence gas stoves are bad for human ... - AOL

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    The gas industry and its GOP allies in Congress say regulations taking gas stove models off the market unfairly limit consumer choice. “Fifty percent of the market will not comply with DOE’s rule.