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toxicity

[tok-sis-i-tee] / tɒkˈsɪs ɪ ti /


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Protagonist’s job, Chief Executive Dinesh Patel explains, was to build in that toughness while leaving the toxicity behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not disclose all it knew about air toxicity after 9/11.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Social media is the new breeding ground for the kind of toxicity that the people mining Panettiere’s death for views purport to abhor.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Paraquat is banned in more than 60 countries due to its toxicity but is still allowed in the U.S., and no state uses more of it than California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It is now known that many pairs of organic phosphate insecticides are highly dangerous, the toxicity being stepped up or “potentiated” through the combined action.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Babies were especially vulnerable to these toxicities, resulting in high rates of infants with birth defects and illnesses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024

"In the pharmaceutical industry, it is common and even mandated to synthesize and test such mirror-image drug entities, as they may have different medicinal properties and toxicities," Armstrong said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

But genetically modified wheat has never been grown for commercial purposes due to consumer fears that allergens or toxicities could emerge in a staple used worldwide for bread, pasta and pastries.

From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023

The company Fujifilm Irvine Scientific quietly recalled four production lots of the oil used to culture embryos on Jan. 16 after complaints of problems from clinics and its internal investigation discovered the toxicities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

About 10% of those who get checkpoint inhibitors are hospitalized with immune toxicities.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 30, 2022



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