toxins

Citing an expert, Fang said chickens pecking in soil with high levels of lead and arsenic will accumulate the toxins in their bodies and eggshells.

Some people with kidney failure cannot urinate, so a machine cleans the body of toxins and excess fluid.

It also acts as a filter to protect it from toxins and pollutants.

“Those burned-up batteries still contain a lot of toxins,” Johnson said.

Soon, she said, county officials may have to stop testing ocean water for toxins year round, cutting back to just half the year.