toxics
Dangerous chemical agents
Toxics are poisonous substances, particularly industrial chemicals and pollutants that pose health or environmental risks.
The term appears most often in regulatory and environmental contexts: household toxics disposal, the release of toxics into groundwater.
It functions as shorthand for toxic materials or toxic waste, avoiding the clinical sound of "toxicants" while being more specific than "poisons."
Causing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- arsenicToxic metalloid element
- cyanideToxic carbon-nitrogen compound
mercury · lead · asbestos · dioxin · PCBs · pesticide · herbicide · insecticide
Likely to cause injury
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
contamination · exposure · warning · caution · biohazard · radioactive · carcinogen · disposal
lethal
Causing or capable of death
cyanide · mercury · lead · asbestos · dioxin · PCBs · pesticide · herbicide · insecticide · ingestion
hazardous
Likely to cause injury
pollution · contamination · exposure · warning · caution · biohazard · radioactive · carcinogen · disposal · waste
venomous
Producing injected toxins
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- snakebiteSerpent fang injury
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
cobra · viper · rattlesnake · mamba · scorpion · spider · fangs · sting · bite · hemotoxin
pollute
Make impure harmfully
- taintMake impure
- defileTo violate sanctity
- adulterateCorrupt by adding impurities
foul · infect · corrupt · degrade · spoil · blight · groundwater · runoff · effluent · discharge
- hazmathazmat suit, hazmat, hazardous materials, biohazard, dangerous goods
- restricted goodscontraband, hazmat, dangerous goods, hazardous materials, hazardous cargo
- hazmat handlinghazmat, dangerous goods, hazmat labels, placards, warning labels
toxicsnutrients
Vital dietary substances
medicines · therapeutics · remedies · curatives · tonics
toxicsbiodegradables
Substances that decompose naturally
compostables · eco-friendly materials · natural compounds · organic matter
- toxic wasteDangerous industrial refuse
- toxic relationshipsBonds causing emotional harm
- lead toxicityPoisoning from element 82
- toxic fumesHarmful airborne vapors
- toxic gasHarmful airborne substance
- toxic chemicalsHarmful manufactured substances
toxic, nontoxic, intoxicating, intoxicate, intoxication, toxicity, detoxify, intoxicant, antitoxin