Assertion: heavy water | /r/HasProperty | toxic
Facets:
value: slightly
type: DEGREE
value: in eukaryotic animals
type: LOCATION
value: with 50% substitution
type: OTHER
value: more severely
type: DEGREE
value: normally
type: DEGREE
value: mildly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Some news services were not careful to distinguish these points, and some of the public were left with the impression that heavy water is normally radioactive and more severely toxic than it actually is.
text: Despite the fact the light water and heavy water are chemically identical, heavy water is mildly toxic.
text: Heavy water is slightly toxic in eukaryotic animals, with 25% substitution of the body water causing cell division problems and sterility, and 50% substitution causing death by cytotoxic syndrome (bone marrow failure and gastrointestinal lining failure).