Some substances are more toxic than others. The toxicity of a substance is described by the types of effects it causes and its potency. 1  Types of Effects: Different chemicals cause different effects.
I think I remember reading that injured means bruises and lascerations, seriously injured meant hospital but not life threatening, critically injured meant hospital ICU time and fatally injured meant injuries leading to dying sometime later.
Posts: 24,804. What Do the Various Categories of Injured Mean in the Media? If a plane slides off of an icy runway, what does it mean if the media reports three people were injured? As a casual reader, that could mean that they stubbed a toe exiting the plane or that they got their lower legs cut off. I don't these types of descriptions as, well, very descriptive. What about being injured versus seriously injured or any other category that the media or any other reporting agency uses?