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Comment author: CasioTheSane 11 March 2012 03:20:16AM 1 point [-]

Radiation actually appears to exhibit hormesis- small doses of ionizing radiation likely activate some protective response, which decreases rather than increases cancer risk.

I think allergens, and compounds which initiate autoimmune disease (gluten in coeliacs) are a good example of something which remains toxic at low doses. There hasn't been a lot of research into it, but even extremely low doses of gluten seem to be harmful to coeliacs.