INTRODUCTION
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“All substances are poisons; there is
none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a
remedy.”
– Paracelsus (1493-1541)
The quotation above illustrates that
all chemicals could be toxic but the degree of the effect depends on the dose
or degree of exposure.
Toxicology
is defined as the scientific study of...