50 Examples of Toxic Substances (for the human body)

The toxic substances They are chemical products that in some of their processes (manufacture, use, distribution or disposal) produce a risk to human health (disease or even death). For example: acetone, methanol, lead, mercury.

While the toxicity It occurs when any of the stages is harmful to health, it is usually linked to consumption: toxic substances are mostly synthetic chemicals, which cause harm when consumed by the orally.

Classification of toxic substances

The toxicology is the specialty dedicated to this type of substance. The effect of substances or external conditions on the living beings, biological systems, organs, tissues and cells, is the area of ​​study of this discipline.

He usually distinguishes toxic entities into three groups:

Types of damage they produce

When toxins enter the body, they can produce different types of structural alterations or injuries (from cells that deteriorate) or functional (such as DNA alterations or inhibition of enzymatic action). The effect they have on the body divides toxins into a new classification:

Manifestations in the body

When the body it is overwhelmed by those elements that are harmful to its health, it is said that the body is intoxicated. In these cases, the body usually attacks the substance, managing to control it, knock it down in a short time and expel it: however, sometimes this process fails because natural defenses are low, or because there is a high concentration of the substance invasive.

The appearance of pimples and hives, severe fever, trouble breathing, severe diarrhea, profuse vomiting, and other symptoms are those that the body uses to manifest intoxication, and must be treated by doctors according to the case.

Examples of substances toxic to the human body

1. Acetone
2. Methanol
3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
4. Rift Valley fever virus
5. Arsenic
6. Hydrogen sulfide
7. Chlorobenzene
8. Cadmium
9. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
10. Shigelladysenteriae type 1
11. Chlordane
12. Sulfur anhydride
13. Aniline
14. Styrene
15. West Nile virus
16. Yellow fever virus
17. Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus
18. UN 2900
19. Vinyl chloride
20. Fuel Oils
21. Asbestos
22. Pesticides
23. Pesticides (organochlorines, pyrethroids, carbamates)
24. Sabia virus
25. Lead
26. Mercury
27. Americium
28. Cyanide
29. Vinyl acetate
30. Chlorfenvinphos
31. Trichlorethylene
32. Isocyanates
33. Polio virus
34. Ammonia
35. Chloroethane
36. Toluene
37. Rabies virus
38. Aluminum
39. Chlorophenols
40. Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus
41. Yersinia pestis
42. Carbon monoxide
43. Zinc
44. Tetradoxin
45. Acrylonitrile
46. Tick-borne encephalitis virus
47. Barium chloride
48. Acrolein
49. Tar
50. Variola virus

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