- plural of toxin.
toxins
Example Sentences
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After the 2025 fires, there were complaints by residents that the Fair Plan refused to test and remediate homes suffering damage by smoke, which can leave behind lead, asbestos and other toxins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Scientists have known for years that AHR can contribute to harmful effects when it is activated by certain environmental toxins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Chemours, DuPont de Nemours and Corteva have settled with North Carolina and 11 communities that were excluded from a previous settlement over drinking-water toxins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The scientific research in those cases involved work around the mosquito-born chikungunya virus, a "highly-pathogenic" strain of the bird flu, a family of viruses that include smallpox and mpox, venoms and other toxins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The official cause of Henrietta’s death was terminal uremia: blood poisoning from the buildup of toxins normally flushed out of the body in urine.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
