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toxicant

[tok-si-kuhnt] / ˈtɒk sɪ kənt /


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The study provides evidence that multiple toxicant exposures of past human generations likely had a compounded impact on grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

Skinner and his colleagues also conducted epigenetic analysis of each generation of the animals, finding that the toxicant exposures shifted their entire epigenetics dramatically.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

Sugar bait with a toxicant, such as boric acid, typically works well, as many of the ant species that enter homes are sweet-loving ants.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

“They may not have been a toxicant at low levels,” Rue says, but “we could be crossing a threshold.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2021

"A toxicant is not a silver bullet," he adds.

From Salon • May 23, 2021




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