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toxic chemicals
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toxic waste residuos tóxicos
It could also be used to reduce pollution and eliminate toxic gases, oxides, nitrides, sulphides, fluorides and others.
This is not too high a price to pay for ensuring that proven carcinogenic and toxic compounds stay off the menu.
A few manufacturers use cadmium, which is a toxic substance, in their solar modules.
That is how very toxic this particular chemical is.
Otherwise, the storage site for this toxic substance will be the human body itself.
I do not think that any of us here can go too far in showing our concern about the handling and the transport of toxic waste, especially radioactive material.