toxin
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The council said it was carrying out regular visual monitoring of the lake and arranging toxin testing, adding that warning signs will remain in place until the required safety criteria under the protocol is met.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
And then, of course, spiders are venomous, toting enough toxin to immobilize and liquify prey and, in a few cases, cause lesions, necrosis or death in humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
France is mulling how to prevent people from ingesting too much of the heavy metal cadmium, after a warning their breakfast cereal and baguettes could be contaminated with the toxin.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
A March bill sponsored by Lara would establish toxin limits and mandate testing before and after cleanups.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
And in many alkaloid-producing species, moreover, the toxin is strictly localized within the plant.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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"That restorative sleep is super important for physical repair, learning and memory and washing out the toxins of the day," Macauley said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Ferrer-Clement says this is important for cancer patients, whose livers may already be compromised while processing toxins released during treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Food-safety experts say those precautions are scientifically sound ways to kill cells that produce harmful toxins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
This rare condition, which mostly impacts children, occurs when bacterial toxins spread throughout the body and damage red blood cells, causing clots in the organs, primarily the kidneys.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
About how the plant died—how we’d killed a plant that could survive toxins and death.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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