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 reason even Donald Trump’s campaign is backing away from the remarks is simple: the same jokes that could have landed without incident when Kill Tony took over Madison Square Garden in August are toxic waste when connected to a campaign aimed at the top leadership job in the country. —

Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 This is exceptionally high during inclement weather or other natural disasters that could slice open the toxic waste sites and spread contaminants into the neighborhoods. —

Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 Beyond the mine stacks, the Tampa Bay area is also home to old toxic waste sites that are considered among the worst in the nation. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024 Organisms known as extremophiles survive in caves stretching thousands of feet into the Earth’s crust, in deserts that go decades without rain, under high pressures kilometers deep in the sea, in toxic waste dumps that are entirely unnatural and inconceivably inhospitable. —

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