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 Gun Hill Bus Depot, which sits astride Interstate 95 just south of Co-op City, was built in 1989 atop an old dump — over the objection of community members worried about toxic waste.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Construction is time consuming, stressful and expensive in normal times, let alone in a disaster zone with toxic waste.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Experts say that assessing shore safety in the aftermath of the Palisades blaze is especially difficult because the situation — a massive urban wildfire that pushed a significant volume of toxic waste into the sea, then back onto the land — is unprecedented.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Depending on the type of process used, mining can pollute groundwater, emit carbon dioxide, create toxic waste and destroy habitats.
—Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Construction is time consuming, stressful and expensive in normal times, let alone in a disaster zone with toxic waste.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Experts say that assessing shore safety in the aftermath of the Palisades blaze is especially difficult because the situation — a massive urban wildfire that pushed a significant volume of toxic waste into the sea, then back onto the land — is unprecedented.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Depending on the type of process used, mining can pollute groundwater, emit carbon dioxide, create toxic waste and destroy habitats.
—Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Toxic waste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toxic%20waste. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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