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Poisons and Toxins Summary
1,263 words, approx. 4 pages
Poisons and toxins are molecules that are harmful to living organisms. it is important to note that virtually any substance can be harmful at high enough concentrations--as Paracelsus (1493-1541) said in the sixteenth century, "the dose makes the...
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Toxins Summary
762 words, approx. 3 pages
A toxin is a substance that is harmful to living organisms. Toxic effects can be the result of exposure to toxins. Since World War II, the use of chemicals, especially synthetic ones, has increased tremendously in our society. Consequently, people have...
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Biotoxins Summary
274 words, approx. 1 pages
The term biotoxin refers to naturally occurring, poisonous agents that can cause illness or injury to humans, animals, and marine life. They may come from bacteria, fungi, algae, or virii. Some of the more well-known bacterial biotoxins include...
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Toxins Summary
177 words, approx. 1 pages
Toxins are chemicals or physical agents that exert a toxic effect on living organisms. Toxic means poisonous: that is, causing a reaction with cellular components that disrupts essential metabolic processes. At some level of exposure, all chemicals,...
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Toxin Information
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A toxin (Greek: τοξικόν, toxikon, lit. (poison) for use on arrows) is a poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms that is active at very low concentrations. Toxins can be small molecules, peptides, or proteins and are capable of...
 


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Researchers revise toxin to kill insects
11/2/2007: 368 words, approx. 1 pages
A team of Arizona and Mexican researchers has engineered and tested a new version of a natural toxin to kill pink bollworms that develop a resistance to existing pest control methods.Until the introduction 11 years ago of cotton genetically engineered to produce Bacillus thuringiensis toxins,...
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Scientists recreate red tide toxins
8/30/2007: 367 words, approx. 1 pages
Researchers have finally confirmed a 20-year-old theory about how the red tide algae produce their toxins.The finding may be a first step in protecting seaside communities, shellfish beds, marine mammals and humans from the periodic outbreaks of the dangerous tides.Red tides are natural occurrences, when...
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Researcher seeks food chain toxin tests
7/12/2007: 261 words, approx. 1 pages
Tests that determine whether toxic chemicals accumulate in food may be missing some hazardous materials and need to be updated, a Canadian researcher said Thursday.It has long been known that toxins can accumulate in the food chain, rising to higher concentrations as larger animals eat...
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Suit filed over FEMA trailer toxins
8/8/2007: 308 words, approx. 1 pages
More than 500 hurricane survivors living in government-issued trailers and mobile homes are accusing the manufacturers of using inferior construction materials in a profit-driven rush to build them for the federal government.Thousands of Louisiana residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 were exposed...
 


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