A 33-year-old member asked:
how to determine if a substance is poison using chemical and physical properties?
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
Pathology 44 years experience
You can't: If this is a homework question, bring it to your teacher's supervisor. No particular chemical or physical property will indicate how a substance will interact with a particular biological system.
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