harmful
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Proponents of raw milk say that pasteurization, a heating process that kills harmful bacteria, removes natural health benefits and that warnings around the consumption of raw milk are overstated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Consumers can minimize their risk of exposure to harmful food chemicals by choosing organic produce over non-organic produce and researching the nutritional and processing information for their favorite products.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
The models could be employed for harmful ends either “inadvertently or intentionally,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
In a statement, Meta said: "We will not allow trial lawyers to profit from our platforms while simultaneously claiming they are harmful."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
These soldiers can be useful and good in themselves, but for the man who summons them they are almost always harmful.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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