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Well, pure water causes physical damage to the cells by changing osmotic pressure (now, is that distinct from toxicity in your view?).
by admissionsguy 2y ago
Well, pure water causes physical damage to the cells by changing osmotic pressure (now, is that distinct from toxicity in your view?).
- sandworm101 2y agoOr asbestos, which causes physical damage to cells which in turn may case cancer that leads to death. There are no bright rules. As a practical matter, I personally would draw the line between physical actions that are perceptible on a human scale (concrete blocking up the digestive tract, water blocking the lungs of drowning people) and "poisons" that operate on a smaller scale that we cannot see. Such an approach would include asbestos as a poison despite it doing only physical damage.