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Recent Examples of toxicant
The incidence of obesity, kidney disease, and prostate disease increased in each subsequent generation after the first toxicant exposure.
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Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024
Interestingly, our group has recently shown that toxicants in food or food packaging, like pesticides, mercury and phthalates – chemicals used to manufacture plastics – can affect sleep.
—Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Nicotine pouches are purportedly intended to help people stop smoking cigarettes, Irfan Rahman, PhD, who runs a lab that conducts research on toxicants at the University of Rochester Medicine, told Health.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
Children are particularly at risk to exposure from toxicants like styrene, said Timothy Nurkiewicz, director of West Virginia University’s Toxicology Working Group and Inhalation Facilities.
—USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
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Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024
Interestingly, our group has recently shown that toxicants in food or food packaging, like pesticides, mercury and phthalates – chemicals used to manufacture plastics – can affect sleep.
—Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Nicotine pouches are purportedly intended to help people stop smoking cigarettes, Irfan Rahman, PhD, who runs a lab that conducts research on toxicants at the University of Rochester Medicine, told Health.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
Children are particularly at risk to exposure from toxicants like styrene, said Timothy Nurkiewicz, director of West Virginia University’s Toxicology Working Group and Inhalation Facilities.
—USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toxicant
Noun
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Using pesticides on a lawn and rototilling flower or vegetable beds could reduce ant populations.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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The overall health risks of organic milk are minimal, especially compared to the potential impact of growth hormones and pesticides used to produce non-organic milk.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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The American Kennel Club advises to thoroughly wash the strawberries to remove any pesticides or herbicides.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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Healthy soil has microorganisms and fungi that help plants grow and thrive but using herbicides has the opposite effect.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Use either a horticultural oil or systemic insecticide if these insects are noted, following label instructions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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Monarch butterflies face loss and degradation of habitat, exposure to insecticides and the effects of climate change.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Try pruning out the dead back into green stems and then spraying the plants with a systemic fungicide following label instructions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2025
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To raise healthy plants, conventional horticulture banked on the intensive use of chemicals such as fungicides to ward off all kinds of diseases.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Oct. 2024
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What Is Lead Poisoning? Lead poisoning happens when a person has been exposed to the toxin and develops a buildup in their body.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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After all, consuming none of a toxin is always going to be better than consuming some.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2025
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The drama creeps in gradually, like a gray poison slowly infecting the air.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Poachers using poison will often wait days between checking their lines to increase the chances that a high-value animal will come by.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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This strategy has amplified his visibility but has also drawn criticism for aligning with internet personalities accused of toxic and, for some, abusive behaviors.—
Kia Turner,
refinery29.com,
28 Nov. 2024
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Fipronil is also high toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
22 Nov. 2024
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“Toxicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toxicant. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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