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A Tom Gauld New Scientist cartoon:

(#1) (Hat tip to Chris Waigl)

Gauld’s version starts with real hazard pictograms and then veers  into the fanciful.

(Note: the DEPRESSING pictogram is a black cloud, not a version of the poop emoji.)

The basis for Gauld’s display is the GHS symbol set, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals:

(#2)

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