Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poison or poisonous agent.
- adjective Poisonous; toxic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having toxic effect; capable of poisoning.
- noun A poison.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of causing
damage bypoisoning - noun A
toxic orpoisonous substance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- adjective having the qualities or effects of a poison
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Examples
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But two years ago, California's Development and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee of physicians voted unanimously that BPA should not be classified as a dangerous toxicant because there was no evidence of harm to humans.
Jon Entine: BPA Dilemma: NRDC Vs. California Vs. Science Jon Entine 2011
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But two years ago, California's Development and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee of physicians voted unanimously that BPA should not be classified as a dangerous toxicant because there was no evidence of harm to humans.
Jon Entine: BPA Dilemma: NRDC Vs. California Vs. Science Jon Entine 2011
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Ability of environmental toxicant trichloroethylene to promote immune pathology is strain-specific.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Ability of environmental toxicant trichloroethylene to promote immune pathology is strain-specific.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Exposure to a metabolite of the environmental toxicant trichloroethylene attenuates CD4+ T cell activation-induced cell death by metalloproteinase-dependent FasL shedding.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Exposure to a metabolite of the environmental toxicant trichloroethylene attenuates CD4+ T cell activation-induced cell death by metalloproteinase-dependent FasL shedding.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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A "reproductive toxicant" that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says targets organs like the "eyes, skin, respiratory system, central nervous system, [and] reproductive system."
Kevin Grandia: What the Frack: Is Pumping Glass Cleaner Into the Earth Okay? 2010
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A "developmental toxicant, immunotoxicant, reproductive toxicant, respiratory toxicant, skin or sense organ toxicant."
Kevin Grandia: What the Frack: Is Pumping Glass Cleaner Into the Earth Okay? 2010
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I'm thinking something deemed a "developmental toxicant" is probably not a good thing in any amount and it's definitely not good in the thousands-of-gallons.
Kevin Grandia: Watch out for hydraulic fracturing it might make your hair orange 2010
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We do know that there are some very nasty chemicals in fracking fluid, like formamide, a "reproductive toxicant" that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says targets organs like the "eyes, skin, respiratory system, central nervous system, [and] reproductive system," and isopropanol which is a main ingredient in household glass cleaners.
Kevin Grandia: Waxman and Markey's Hydraulic Fracking Smackdown 2010
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