Toxin vs toxic

Mon May 14 10:31:53 EDT 2001

That reminds me of "tocsin" - how confusing.
.............Chris Durden

At 09:41 PM 5/13/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>The term "toxicant" shows up in the toxicology literature when referring to
>toxic substances of anthropogenic origin. Makes sense-- "toxin" is such a nice
>word, and "toxicant" sounds just plain nefarious!
>
>Woody
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>William A. Woods Jr.
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