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HAZMAT refers to materials that can create hazards to human health due to inhalation, absorption, ingestion or injection into the body, or that can create a physical hazard of fire, explosion or environmental contamination.
The basic classifications of HAZMAT, as used throughout the world are:
- Explosives
- Compressed gases, including flammable, non-flammable, or toxic
- Flammable liquid
- Flammable solid
- Oxidizers
- Poisons
- Radioactive
- Corrosives
- Miscellaneous materials
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identify the criteria that determines a substance as being a hazardous material
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