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substances

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Substances that prevent the immune system from being shut down.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The company said it is cooperating with the Texas attorney general’s office and providing the requested documentation, adding that information on its Restricted Substances program is publicly available on its website External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Substances that interfere with mitochondrial energy production were first identified about a century ago.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

As an additional requirement of the sentence, Atlas must conduct an environmental cleanup of the site as mandated by the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

If they are very brittle Substances, it serves to break them; and if any Fragments still stick within, some other Means must be used to extract them.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)