toxic
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Although ABT-263 worked in mice, it is too toxic for widespread use in humans.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
When she publicly raised allegations of toxic working conditions against the series’ production team, the studio responded by noting it had parted ways with the actor after “multiple complaints” involving her workplace behavior.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Paxton posted on social media on Monday that he launched an investigation into Lululemon over the potential presence of toxic “forever chemicals” in activewear.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Unlike the toxic collateralized debt obligations that sat on banks’ balance sheets back then, private debt today is primarily held by asset managers and some insurers that have different liquidity profiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
So toxic is the groundwater, a U.S.-Mexican research team remarked in 2002, that the Maya realm was “geochemically hostile” to urban colonization.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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