Recursos Etiquetado: Toxicity

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  1. Mercury Soaps: A Modern Day Scandal

    6/1/1999 This document warns of the danger of mercury containing soaps which are sold to lighten skin color. Many of these soaps are produced in European coutnries (but cannot be legally sold there)so the soaps are thensold in African, Asian and Carribbean countries.These soaps are dangerous to unborn...
    Caribbean Area Mercury Toxicity Africa Toxic Substance Soapmaking Asia

  2. What to know about cassava: Nutrition and toxicity

    Raw cassava contains cyanide, which is toxic to ingest, so it is vital to prepare it correctly. Also, there are two types of cassava: sweet and bitter. Bitter cassava is hardier but has a much higher cyanide content. Most of the cassava used in the United States is sweet. In the U.S., people...
    Toxicity

  3. How Toxic Is the Herbicide 2,4-D

    19/4/1996 2,4-D is the most widely used herbicide in the world and the third most widely used in the USA.
    Health Toxicity

  4. Toxicity and Food Security: A review of health effects of cyanide exposure from cassava and of ways to prevent these effects

    19/7/1992 Dr. Rosling does not like the statement “cassava contains cyanide.” A food that contained pure hydrogen cyanide could be easily detoxified (it would be driven off as a gas by cooking). If any free cyanide is present in cassava, it can easily be driven off into the air by temperatures over 28C (82...
    Toxicity Cyanide Cassava Food Security