What’s the difference between a toxin and a toxicant?

Post on November 26, 2013 by André Broussard, D.C.

A toxicant is a type of poison that is made by humans or introduced into the environment by human activity.[1] This is in contrast to a toxin, which is a poison produced naturally by an organism (e.g. plant, animal, insect

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicant

Reference:

  1. “National Cancer Institute Dictionary: definition for ‘toxicant’”.
  2. “National Cancer Institute Dictionary: definition for ‘toxin’”.
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