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  2. Barium - Wikipedia

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    Barium compounds are added to fireworks to impart a green color. Barium sulfate is used as an insoluble additive to oil well drilling fluid. In a purer form it is used as X-ray radiocontrast agents for imaging the human gastrointestinal tract. Water-soluble barium compounds are poisonous and have been used as rodenticides.

  3. Barium chloride - Wikipedia

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    Barium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula Ba Cl 2.It is one of the most common water-soluble salts of barium.Like most other water-soluble barium salts, it is a white powder, highly toxic, and imparts a yellow-green coloration to a flame.

  4. Barium sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Although barium is a heavy metal, and its water-soluble compounds are often highly toxic, the low solubility of barium sulfate protects the patient from absorbing harmful amounts of the metal. Barium sulfate is also readily removed from the body, unlike Thorotrast, which it replaced.

  5. Water-reactive substances - Wikipedia

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    Water-reactive substances [1] are those that spontaneously undergo a chemical reaction with water, often noted as generating flammable gas. [2] Some are highly reducing in nature. [ 3 ] Notable examples include alkali metals , lithium through caesium , and alkaline earth metals , magnesium through barium .

  6. Barium carbonate - Wikipedia

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    Barium carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula BaCO 3. Like most alkaline earth metal carbonates , it is a white salt that is poorly soluble in water. It occurs as the mineral known as witherite .

  7. Chemical identified in drinking water likely to be in many ...

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    A newly identified chemical byproduct may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found. Scientists think it might be toxic but do not yet know.

  8. Barium hydroxide - Wikipedia

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    Barium hydroxide presents the same hazards such as skin irritation and burns as well as eye damage, just as the other strong bases and as other water-soluble barium compounds: it is corrosive and toxic. [citation needed]

  9. U.S. EPA limits toxic chemicals in drinking water, 23 years ...

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    The EPA limited PFAS in drinking water. Now, Ohio water districts must become compliant with federal law. U.S. EPA limits toxic chemicals in drinking water, 23 years after Rob Bilott raised the alarm