Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 503.001. Definitions

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 3.1639(99).

(2) “Committee” means the Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee.

(3) “Department” means the Department of State Health Services.

(4) “Harmful physical agent” means a physical phenomenon, other than a toxic substance, that has or may have carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or other harmful effects on humans, and includes:

(5) “Health risk assessment” means the use of objective data to characterize the potential adverse health effects that exposure to a toxic substance or a harmful physical agent may have on a person.

(6) “Toxic substance” means a substance that has or may have toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or other harmful effects on humans, and includes a product that contains a toxic substance that poses or may pose a substantial hazard to human health.