toxic waste
noun
: unwanted chemicals that are the result of manufacturing or industry and that are poisonous to living things
The company was fined for dumping toxic waste into the river.
toxic waste dumps/sites
Toxic wastes were detected in the soil samples.
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The case was the first to establish a link between toxic waste in the atmosphere and birth defects, and the show follows the story of four mothers dealing with the tragedy.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The 2009 ruling against Corby represented the first time a civil court in England made the connection between birth defects and the negligent management of toxic waste in the air.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
In the process, he's thrown into a vat of toxic waste.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
That change would eventually reshape life in the Permian Basin, where truckers haul everything from frac sand to toxic waste on narrow county roads ill-equipped for the boom.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The 2009 ruling against Corby represented the first time a civil court in England made the connection between birth defects and the negligent management of toxic waste in the air.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
In the process, he's thrown into a vat of toxic waste.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
That change would eventually reshape life in the Permian Basin, where truckers haul everything from frac sand to toxic waste on narrow county roads ill-equipped for the boom.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for toxic waste
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“Toxic waste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toxic%20waste. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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