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A substance of material that has been determined to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported. This material includes explosives, gasses (compressed, liquefied, or dissolved under pressure), flammable liquids, flammable solids or substances, oxidizing substances, poisonous and infectious substances, radioactive substances, corrosives, and miscellaneous dangerous substances presenting real or potential hazards to life and property. Procedures for handling this material are specified in applicable publications of the Department of Transportation, the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Federal Aviation Agency, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Agriculture Department, U.S. Public Health Service, Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and in federal or military documents. Dangerous goods is the term applied to hazardous material in international
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