toxicant

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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

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

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

In 2014, the EPA issued Poché a permit for Genesis to test warfarin in Texas, authorizing the first field test of a hog-targeted toxicant.

From Salon • May 23, 2021

The state of California classifies it as a reproductive and developmental toxicant in humans.

From Scientific American • May 12, 2015