Converse of object

• disrupt: This is the first experimental evidence of an endocrine disrupting chemical causing the illness.

• contain: How can I find out which plants contain a particular chemical?

Adjective modifier

• toxic: These homes have been built using sustainably sourced materials, avoiding toxic chemicals commonly found in new houses.

• hazardous: Indecent exposure Humans and wildlife around the world are exposed to a cocktail of hazardous man-made chemicals.

• harmful: Be exposed to any harmful chemical, physical or biological substances.

• man-made: Indecent exposure Humans and wildlife around the world are exposed to a cocktail of hazardous man-made chemicals.

• cancer-causing: Not to mention tossing persistent mutation and cancer-causing chemicals into our ship's air and water recyclers.

• carcinogenic: Another 20,000 are being drip fed mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals from their tube wells, whilst Dow refuses to clean up.

Modifies a noun

• reaction: They can only speed up chemical reactions that would normally not proceed fast enough to be of any use to the cell.

• weapon: Saddam Hussein used the chemical weapons on his own people.

• composition: Sometimes the eye doesn't produce enough tears, or the tears have a chemical composition that causes them to evaporate too quickly.

• compound: Pesticide - A chemical compound used to kill pests.

• substance: A hormone is a chemical substance that is produced in a special tissue within a gland.

• messenger: All milk produced by mammals is a medium for transporting hundreds of different chemical messengers.

Noun used with modifier

• specialty: Originally working at ICI Australia, Carol has a broad career in base, specialty chemicals, most recently in paints.

• precursor: Libya remains heavily dependent on foreign suppliers for CW precursor chemicals and other key related equipment.

• specialty: Their products: agrichemical, fine, industrial & specialty chemicals and others.

• ozone-depleting: Our campaigns focus on endangered species, illegal logging, and ozone-depleting chemicals.

• brain: The disease is associated with a lack of dopamine, a brain communication chemical.

• retardant: Mattresses for cribs, cots or cotbeds free from fire retardant chemicals.