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A dangerous good is any solid, liquid, or gas that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment. An equivalent term, used almost exclusively in the United States, is hazardous material (HAZMAT). Dangerous goods may be radioactive, flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosive, biohazardous, an oxidizer, an asphyxiant, a pathogen, an allergen, or may have other characteristics that render it hazardous in specific circumstances.

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Class 1: Explosives
Class 1: Explosives		 Class 5.2: Organic Peroxide Oxidizing Agent
Class 5.2: Organic Peroxides
Class 2.1: Flammable Gas
Class 2.1: Flammable Gas		 Class 6: Inhalation Hazard
Class 6: Inhalation Hazard
Class 2.2: Nonflammable Gas
Class 2.2: Nonflammable Gas		 Class 6: Poison Gas III
Class 6: Poison Gas III
Class 2.3: Poisonous Gas
Class 2.3: Poisonous Gas		 Class 6: Toxic
Class 6: Toxic
Class 3: Flammable Liquids
Class 3: Flammable Liquids		 Class 6.1: Poison
Class 6.1: Poison
Class 4.1: Flammable Solids
Class 4.1: Flammable Solids		 Class 6.2: Biohazard
Class 6.2: Biohazard
Class 4.2: Spontaneously Combustible Solids
Class 4.2: Spontaneously Combustible		 Class 7: Radioactive
Class 7: Radioactive Substances
Class 4.3: Dangerous when Wet
Class 4.3: Dangerous when Wet		 Class 8: Corrosive
Class 8: Corrosive Substances
Class 5.1: Oxidizing Agent
Class 5.1: Oxidizing Agents		 Class 9: Miscellaneous
Class 9: Miscellaneous Substances
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Radioactive substances are materials that emit radiation. Category 7 radioactive substances include any quantity of packages bearing the RADIOACTIVE YELLOW III label (LSA-III). Some radioactive materials in "exclusive use" with low specific activity radioactive materials will not bear the label, however, the RADIOACTIVE placard is required.
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