poisonous substance

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Elijah Muchima announced that approximately half of the 25 samples taken from milling companies were found to contain exceedingly high levels of aflatoxins, a poisonous substance produced by fungi.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

The misdemeanor prohibits the unlawful taking of “birds or mammals with any net, pound, cage, trap, set line or wire, or poisonous substance, or to possess birds or mammals.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the world Tuesday to respond to Russia’s use of a poisonous substance in Mariupol.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2022

They also secrete a sticky, poisonous substance through their pores to put opponents in double jeopardy.

From National Geographic • May 5, 2018

By this time it was clear that a wave of some poisonous substance was moving down in the river water.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson