DEFINING HAZARDOUS

According to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act of 1960, household products are hazardous if they are one of the following:

HAZARDOUS TERM POSSIBLE EFFECTS
IGNITABLECapable of burning or causing a fire
CORROSIVECapable of eating away materials and destroying living tissue when contact occurs
EXPLOSIVE/REACTIVECan cause an explosion or release poisonous fumes when exposed to air, water, or other chemicals
TOXICPoisonous, either immediately (acutely) or over a long period of time (chronically)
RADIOACTIVECan damage and destroy cells and chromosomal material (cause cancer, mutations, fetal harm)


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