Toxins in Everyday Life
Many of the substances naturally found in the environment or released by modern, industrialized society are harmful to humans and other living creatures. Common toxins include ...
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Toxins
A toxin is a substance that is harmful to living organisms. Toxic effects can be the result of exposure to toxins. Since World War II, the use of chemicals, especially synthetic ones, has incre...
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Poisons and Toxins
Poisons and toxins are molecules that are harmful to living organisms. it is important to note that virtually any substance can be harmful at high enough concentrations--as Paracels...
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Biotoxins
The term biotoxin refers to naturally occurring, poisonous agents that can cause illness or injury to humans, animals, and marine life. They may come from bacteria, fungi, algae, or virii.
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Toxins
Toxins are chemicals or physical agents that exert a toxic effect on living organisms. Toxic means poisonous: that is, causing a reaction with cellular components that disrupts essential metabo...
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A team of Arizona and Mexican researchers has engineered and tested a new version of a natural toxin to kill pink bollworms that develop a resistance to existing pest control methods.Until the intr...
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Researchers have finally confirmed a 20-year-old theory about how the red tide algae produce their toxins.The finding may be a first step in protecting seaside communities, shellfish beds, marine m...
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Tests that determine whether toxic chemicals accumulate in food may be missing some hazardous materials and need to be updated, a Canadian researcher said Thursday.It has long been known that toxin...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have figured out a
way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental
cleanup, U.S. and British researchers reported Monday. Researchers at the Universit...
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More than 500 hurricane survivors living in government-issued trailers and mobile homes are accusing the manufacturers of using inferior construction materials in a profit-driven rush to build them...
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A group of hurricane victims wants a federal judge to order air quality tests in their government-issued trailers after the Federal Emergency Management Agency postponed its plans to check for haza...
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Toxins from cone snail venom may help point the way to better relief of severe nerve pain in people, researchers report.
Results were promising in tests on rats with a type of nerve pain s...
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Twelve states sued the Bush administration Wednesday to force greater disclosure of data on toxic chemicals that companies store, use and release into the environment.The state officials oppose new...
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Unsafe levels of toxic chlorine pollutants were found in 40 percent of the District of Columbia tap water samples tested during a spring chlorine surge, according to a study released Thursday.The E...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A wood floor finish popular
in the 1950s and 1960s may be a significant source of the
banned, disease-causing pollutants known as PCBs, U.S.
researchers reported Wednesday. ...
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Toxins in Everyday Life
Toxins
Poisons and Toxins
Biotoxins
Researchers revise toxin to kill insects
