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any chemical or mixture that may be harmful to the environment and to human health if inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin. like: * drain cleaners; * oven cleaners; * laundry detergents; * floor or furniture polish; * paints, and * pesticides.

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· Explosiveness

· Flammability

· Ability to oxidise (accelerate a fire)

· Human toxicity (acute or chronic)

· Corrosiveness (to human tissue or metal)

· Ecotoxicity (with or without bioaccumulation)

· Capacity, on contact with air or water, to develop one or more of the above properties.

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