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==Toxin, poison, venom== | |||
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The following is only really useful to thosedoing medicine, biology, or chemistry, | |||
or something else where being more precise. | |||
In everyday use, the general sense of 'something you don't want in you' | |||
Poisons are any chemical substances that impact biological functions in other organisms | |||
Toxins are biologically produced chemical substances that impact biological functions in other organisms. | |||
So you could think of a toxin is a naturally orcurring poison. | |||
Using that definition, nothing synthesized is toxin. Chemists may use '''toxicant'''s for that. | |||
Venom versus poison is also about direction: | |||
: if you bite it and it's bad for you, its poison. If it's secreted, it's poison. | |||
: If it bites you and it's bad, it's venomous. | |||
Revision as of 14:54, 15 September 2023
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BIG RED TEXT HELLO: This is not health advice, or necessarily correct. Do not make health decisions based on just this. Do your own research, and not just the stuff that agrees with your opinions.
But first
Everything is chemicals, and everything is toxic at high concentrations
Toxin, poison, venom
Some things worth talking about
Pesticides
BPA
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Phtalates
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PFAS
PFOA
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