hazardous chemicals
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Hazardous chemicals are substances that pose risks to health, safety, or the environment—toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive materials requiring special handling and disposal.
The term appears in workplace safety regulations, environmental law, and warning labels: Workers must be trained before handling hazardous chemicals.
The category ranges from industrial solvents to common household cleaners.
- arsenicToxic metalloid element
- gasolineRefined petroleum vehicle fuel
- hydrochloric acidCorrosive hydrogen chloride solution
- cyanideToxic carbon-nitrogen compound
- nerve agentWeaponized neurotoxin
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