toxic
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The former Exide facility in Vernon spewed toxic dust for decades as it melted down lead-acid car batteries for recycling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
More than 400,000 people in Indonesia have been treated for acute respiratory ailments caused by the toxic haze, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Can artificial rain fix toxic air in India's capital?
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Silica is toxic to your body,” David Zatezalo, then-assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health, said in 2018; Mr. Berkes had pursued the ex-mining executive to a 2018 event at West Virginia University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Hundreds of them scuttled along the coast, removing any toxic dust they found.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
The air district said it didn’t find significant levels of air toxics during the first two days of the fire, although it did record significantly elevated concentrations of particulate matter within the plume downwind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The researchers drew on data collected and modeled by the Environmental Protection Agency on air toxics present in individual neighborhoods surrounding 10 Spokane elementary schools.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
The amount of toxics these females have circulating to pass on to their children through gestation and lactation is partially dependent on their nutritional state.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
"This new information just raises more questions about why they didn't do this the right way," said Daniel Rosenberg, director of federal toxics policy at NRDC.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
We expanded every community's right to know about toxics that threaten their children.
From State of the Union Address by William Jefferson Clinton
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