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Plastic explosives are made by combining an explosive compound with a plastic binder and plasticizer to make it more stable and thus safer to handle. Nearly all explosives are toxic to some extent because of their reactive nature. For example, RDX, a chemical used in plastic explosives such as C-4, can cause headaches, disorientation, vomiting, violent seizures, kidney damage, and coma when ingested. Eating as little as 1 cubic centimeter (about the size of a sugar cube) of a plastic explosive can cause death.

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