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Re: Chemistry? Was: SB42

To: jruwaldt@indiana.edu, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Chemistry? Was: SB42
From: dstauffa@csc.com
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:09:45 -0700
I rememeber something from my college chemistry class that stated that
"toxic" has to do with the level or amount of a particular chemical, not
the chemical itself, i.e.,  a chemical isn't by definition toxic.  What was
stresses was that there are toxic levels for a chemical.  Even pure oxogen
is lethal if breathed in over one atomospere of pressure.   Maybe this
explains why people react so differently to the same exposure to a certain
chemical or substance.

I sure hope my chemistry professor is not rolling over in his grave...

Dave
San Diego
1970 TR6 CP51649



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