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[tok-sik] / ˈtɒk sɪk /


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For example, building materials and boxed water — which, Arnaquq-Baril says, was chosen over plastic bottles to leave “less toxic garbage in the Arctic” — were shipped by sealift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

What might now be termed toxic masculinity was often deemed funny, seen by some as good old-fashioned male humour.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Australian government has deployed a military transport aircraft to help Indonesia put out wildfires in Borneo that are causing toxic haze across the region, both countries have said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Silica is toxic to your body,” David Zatezalo, then-assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health, said in 2018; Mr. Berkes had pursued the ex-mining executive to a 2018 event at West Virginia University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

I immediately think of the toxic chemicals the motel uses and shake my head.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

“These new rules create huge loopholes for plastic packaging that violate the law,” said Avinash Kar, senior director of the toxics program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

"Both in Spokane and New York City, regardless of the setting -- how large or small the cities are -- these air toxics appear to be influencing asthma among children," she said.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

These mothers are accumulating toxics throughout their life, and studies have tracked the rising concentrations of PCBs and other persistent pollutants as they get older, Weiss said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

"This new information just raises more questions about why they didn't do this the right way," said Daniel Rosenberg, director of federal toxics policy at NRDC.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

We expanded every community's right to know about toxics that threaten their children.

From State of the Union Address by William Jefferson Clinton


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