'Tienda' is a Spanish word for a small neighborhood store. Tiendas typically have necessities such as flour and sugar, but also carry other goods such as candy. In the Tox Town border scene, a tienda is included to represent environmental health issues relating to food safety, household products, and medicines.

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Cosmetics
Dietary Supplements
Drug Safety
Food Allergy
Food Contamination and Poisoning
Food Safety
Herbal Medicine
Household Products
Listeria Infections
Medical Device Safety
Medicines
Minerals
Over-the-Counter Medicines
Vitamins

More Links
Hazardous Products in the Home (Purdue University)
Household Products Database (National Library of Medicine)

Chemicals at the Tienda
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Acetone
Ammonia
Arsenic
Benzene
Carbon Monoxide
Chlorine
Lead
Mercury
Nitrogen Oxides
Pesticides
Phthalates
Radon
Solvents
Toluene
Volatile Organic Compounds

Last Updated: October 28, 2008