Toxins Are Also Known As Poisons

Practitioners of alternative medicine often apply the term “toxins” in a non-specific manner to refer to a broad category of harmful substances claimed to cause ill health.

Pollutants can be poisonous, or they can be non-poisonous but harmful in other ways.

When used non-technically, the term "toxin" is often applied to any toxic substance.

Within chemistry and physics, a poison is a substance that obstructs or inhibits a reaction, for example by binding to a catalyst. These interfere with the body’s natural mechanisms, and can cause diseases and other conditions.

Some examples of substances that are poisonous to our bodies are :

Carcinogens, such as some artificial sweeteners, Asbestos, Benzene, Carbon tetrachloride, Dioxin, and tobacco.

Mutagens, such as Ultraviolet rays (Long term exposure may cause skin cancer such as Melanoma) and other Ionizing Radiation (causes radiation sickness and cancer).

There are many, many more, quite a lot of them we come into contact with everyday.