 | Reginald Campbell, R. Everett Langford - 1990 - 476 pages
...materials. A substance which can produce injury or illness through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption. The ability of a substance to cause damage to living tissue, impairment of central nervous system function, illness, or death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by the skin.... | |
 | Kevin Morris, Joseph Reynolds, Louis Theodore - 1998 - 404 pages
...purposes. [10] toxicant - a poisonous agent that kills or injures animal or plant life. [10] toxicity - the ability of a substance to cause damage to living...impairment of the central nervous system, severe illness or death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by the skin. [10] toxicity assessment - a statistical evaluation... | |
 | A K Roy Choudhury - 2006 - 852 pages
...immediate or long term effect on environment or danger to human life. More specifically, toxicity is the ability of a substance to cause damage to living...death when ingested, inhaled or absorbed by the skin. Toxicity is objectively evaluated based on test doses, made on experimental animals (mice, guinea pigs,... | |
| |
The ability of a substance to cause damage to living tissue: impairment of the central nervous system: severe illness; or (in extreme cases) death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by the skin. 