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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. DEET - Wikipedia

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    Applying DEET to the skin is safe if done as directed. Adverse reactions are very rare, about 1 in 100 million people. However, repeated use of DEET in very high concentrations can lead to toxic encephalopathy with severe neurological symptoms including seizures, tremors and slurred speech. The risk is higher for children since they have a ...

  4. DEET found to cause reproductive damage in worms ... - AOL

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    The species of worm has several genes in common with humans and researchers often use it as a way to model human reactions, she said. ... He said that people should continue to use DEET-based ...

  5. Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care ...

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    For reference the MIC of erythromycin that is effective against 90 percent of lab grown Campylobacter bacteria, the most common food-borne pathogen in the United States, is 60 ng/mL. [35] One study found that the average concentration of erythromycin, a commonly prescribed antibiotic, was 0.09 ng/mL in water treatment plant effluents. [ 33 ]

  6. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Emissions are the quantity of pollutants released from a particular source; exposure is the quantity of a pollutant breathed in by people or other living things. Where air pollution laws may seek to limit the emissions of a particular pollutant, or the concentration in a particular environment, the health impacts depend on people's exposure to ...

  7. Air pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Also the prevalence of bacterial pneumonia in most impoverished African American census area, 20% or more people in the area live below the federal poverty level, is 4.44 times higher than the least impoverished white census area, less than 5% of the population in the area live below the federal poverty level, and 2.12 time higher than most ...

  8. Persistent organic pollutant - Wikipedia

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    Mirex is one of the most stable and persistent pesticides, with a half-life of up to 10 years. Mirex is toxic to several plant, fish and crustacean species, with suggested carcinogenic capacity in humans. Humans are exposed primarily through animal meat, fish, and wild game.

  9. Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

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    [11] [14] [15] Also, due to its intentional and other releases of natural gas, the industry directly contributed at least [16] 79 million tons of methane (2.4 BT CO 2-equivalent) that same year; an amount equal to about 14% of all known anthropogenic and natural emissions of the potent warming gas.