harmful

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Alex Rodriguez-Palacios, assistant professor in the Digestive Health Research Institute at the School of Medicine, said the team was able to reduce these harmful sugars in their experiments, which "improved brain health and extended lifespan."

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

"Many parents are already talking to their children about harmful content or screen time, but privacy often gets overlooked," Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“When I see an ICE agent doing something radically bad and harmful, I can recognize that that is a person who is suffering and being oppressed by a deep darkness.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“The best thing you can say about them is that they weren’t as harmful people thought they would be,” said Scott Lincicome, the vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

To be seen there, they said, “might prove harmful to us.”

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand