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Chemical, The expression 'chemical' means, according to Collins English Dictionary, and substance used in or resulting from a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules or used in chemistry. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 6th edn. page 170 defines 'chemical' as made by, or relating to, chemistry. Broadly and literally it can be said that the rayon grade pulp is neither chemical industry nor textile industry nor paper industry, Member Secy. A.P. Board for Water Pollution Control v. Andhra Pradesh Rayons Ltd., 1988 Supp (3) SCR 380: (1989) 1 SCC 44: AIR 1989 SC 611 (615). [Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act (36 of 1977), s. 2(c), 3, Sch. I]