toxic waste
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Refining ore requires large quantities of water and chemicals that create toxic waste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Because the approach avoids heavy metals, harsh reaction conditions and lengthy synthesis pathways, it could also reduce toxic waste and energy consumption in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
But his history of public controversy stretches back to at least 1991, when a memo he wrote while serving as the World Bank’s chief economist appeared to justify sending toxic waste to poorer countries.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Lanh believes the toxic waste in Xa Cau gave her husband blood cancer, but she still spends her days sorting rubbish to pay his medical bills.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
A derailed train with a pool of toxic waste spilling from the tank cars.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
