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Recent Examples of toxicant
Since toxicants can be found in both healthy and unhealthy foods, this research suggests that some foods can contain a mix of components that are both beneficial and harmful for sleep.
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Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
The incidence of obesity, kidney disease, and prostate disease increased in each subsequent generation after the first toxicant exposure.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024
Interestingly, our group has recently shown that toxicants in food or food packaging, like pesticides, mercury and phthalates – chemicals used to manufacture plastics – can affect sleep.
—Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Nicotine pouches are purportedly intended to help people stop smoking cigarettes, Irfan Rahman, PhD, who runs a lab that conducts research on toxicants at the University of Rochester Medicine, told Health.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
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Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
The incidence of obesity, kidney disease, and prostate disease increased in each subsequent generation after the first toxicant exposure.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024
Interestingly, our group has recently shown that toxicants in food or food packaging, like pesticides, mercury and phthalates – chemicals used to manufacture plastics – can affect sleep.
—Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Nicotine pouches are purportedly intended to help people stop smoking cigarettes, Irfan Rahman, PhD, who runs a lab that conducts research on toxicants at the University of Rochester Medicine, told Health.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toxicant
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Potential toxins: Research indicates that many protein supplements contain low to significant quantities of toxins, heavy metals, pesticides, and other chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
21 Mar. 2025
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Cicadas are not a threat to humans to animals, the experts said, imploring those who encounter them to avoid killing them -- whether by squishing them or spraying them with pesticides.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Monsanto is the maker of Roundup, a popular herbicide used by homeowners and farmers alike.—
Holly Yan,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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Oz and Roizen also advocated for warning people about glyphosate, an herbicide used on crops like grains and corn, on labels of foods that might have been exposed to the chemical.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
13 Mar. 2025
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That’s the decrease in America’s butterfly population since 2000 — a result of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, according to a new study.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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The study says that the use of pesticides (especially insecticides), habitat loss through land development and climate change are all contributing to the loss of butterflies, as the insects' breeding patterns and food sources are disrupted.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Systemic fungicides labeled for leaf spot control seem to be somewhat effective.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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The apple varieties whose flavors are familiar from the supermarket, such as Granny Smith, Fuji or Honeycrisp, are sprayed regularly with fungicides and other chemicals in commercial orchards.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Alcohol after all, absolutely is a toxin, and has long been recognized by experts, if not the broader public, as a carcinogen, after all.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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Among the rules to be overhauled are those restricting industrial pollution of mercury and other air toxins, as well as those limiting soot pollution and protecting wetlands.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Patients became enraged when doctors refused to prescribe it and poison control calls spiked.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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Researchers looked at over 3,000 incidents of nonfatal fentanyl exposure in children up to 19 years old that were reported to poison centers, and found a 1,194.2% increase between 2015 and 2023, according to the study published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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In Colorado, the process to choose the five priority air toxics included consulting with multiple stakeholders.—
Jenni Shearston,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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What these arguments fail to understand is that DEI protections were put in place for certain groups because of historically discriminatory hiring practices and to course-correct toxic, racist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, and sexist workplaces.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Toxicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toxicant. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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