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

BBC News has recently documented uncovered toxic waste ponds, deforestation and soil erosion at rare earth mines in Northern China.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I hung my toxic waste dump painting on the wall.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon