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Toxic chemicals commonly contained in arts and crafts materials are listed in Table 11.2. ... 

Table 11.2 Toxic Chemicals Commonly Contained in Arts and Crafts Materials...

Common-sense guidelines can be deduced from the requirements for building operations and works of engineering construction summarized in Table 13.11. In special situations, e.g. for firefighting or protection against toxic chemicals, hoods and suits cover the head and neck and many incorporate protection. 

MCS may result from a single massive exposure to one or more toxic substances or repeated exposure to low doses. On one hand, some people may become chemically sensitive following a toxic chemical spill at work or in their community or after being sprayed directly with pesticides. On the other, individuals may develop this condition from spending forty hours each week in a poorly ventilated building where they breathe a profusion of chemicals common to our modem way of life. 

Of the top ten most frequently reported toxic chemicals on the TRI list, the prevalence of volatile chemicals explains the air intensive toxic chemical loading of the refining industry. Nine of the ten most commonly reported toxic chemicals are highly volatile. Seven of the ten are aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, xylene, cyclohexane, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, and ethylbenzene). 

An inadequate intake in the diet of those food chemicals that are essential nutrients results in health risks. Indeed these risks are by far the most important in terms of the world s population where malnutrition is a major public health problem. But, unlike the toxic chemicals, they would show a very different dose-response if they were subject to similar animal bioassays. At very low doses there would be a high risk of disease that would decrease as the dose was increased, the curve would then plateau until exposure was at such a level that toxicity could occur. Figure 11.2 shows this relationship which is U- or J-shaped rather than the essentially linear dose-response that is assumed for chemicals that are only toxic. The plateau region reflects what is commonly regarded as the homeostatic region where the cell is able to maintain its function and any excess nutrient is excreted, or mechanisms are induced that are completely reversible. 

Gasoline is a mixture of different compounds. A typical blend contains nearly 200 different hydrocarbons and additives such as antioxidants and antiknock agents. Thirteen of the chemicals commonly found in gasoline (nine hydrocarbons and four additives) are regulated as hazardous substances under CERCLA. Table 18.1 lists the chemicals along with the values of toxicity, water solubility, vapor pressure, and biodegradability.19... 

Each application has revealed new aspects that had not been considered previously (Table I). Nevertheless, the examples share one characteristic common to toxic chemical risk analysis an acceptable exposure level must be combined with a relationship between source concentration and estimated degree of exposure. This concept has been published previously(1,2,3) ... 

Guengerich, F.P. (2001) Common and uncommon cytochrome P450 reactions related to metabolism and chemical toxicity. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 14, 611-650. 

In addition to its broad occurrence under contrasting conditions, easy collection, relatively long life span, and resistance to the accumulation of toxic chemicals, zebra mussels provide a link between the pelagic and benthic food webs, possibly creating a rapid pathway for contaminant transfer from sediments to predators such as common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and, occasionally, humans [32, 42—4-7]. Consequently, zebra mussel has been considered a potential sentinel organism for assessing Hg redistribution from point sources in the Ebro River and the degree of bioavailability to river and wetland food webs. 

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However, if you link the hydroxyl group with the methane molecule rather than the ethane, you get the potentially toxic chemical called methyl alcohol, or wood spirit. Similarly, if you add what s called an aldehyde group (-CHO) instead of the hydroxyl group, you will get one of a variety of chemicals called aldehydes, of which a common one is the gas formaldehyde (HCHO), widely used in the manufacture of plastics and glues. This gas can be an irritant and potentially dangerous if inhaled. 

In many countries, water is not safe to drink. Untreated water is sometimes polluted with toxic chemicals. It may also carry numerous water-horne diseases, including typhoid fever, cholera, and dysentery. In Canada, the water that comes through your tap has heen through an elaborate purification process. This process is designed to remove solid particles and toxic chemicals, and to reduce the number of bacteria to safe levels. Adding chlorine to water is the most common way to destroy bacteria. 

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