toxicity
Americannoun
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toxicities
plural
noun
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the degree of strength of a poison
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the state or quality of being poisonous
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not disclose all it knew about air toxicity after 9/11.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Social media is the new breeding ground for the kind of toxicity that the people mining Panettiere’s death for views purport to abhor.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Once it becomes mobile in this way, it can spread through the environment and create problems because of its toxicity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Experts have ruled out lead toxicity and swallowed objects, but a diagnosis remains elusive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Remarkably, considering its startling toxicity, lead solder was not removed from American food containers until 1993.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The study focuses on a new treatment approach that aims to harness the body's immune system to enhance patient responses and reduce the need for conventional chemotherapy and its associated toxicities.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Babies were especially vulnerable to these toxicities, resulting in high rates of infants with birth defects and illnesses.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
But genetically modified wheat has never been grown for commercial purposes due to consumer fears that allergens or toxicities could emerge in a staple used worldwide for bread, pasta and pastries.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
The company Fujifilm Irvine Scientific quietly recalled four production lots of the oil used to culture embryos on Jan. 16 after complaints of problems from clinics and its internal investigation discovered the toxicities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
About 10% of those who get checkpoint inhibitors are hospitalized with immune toxicities.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 30, 2022
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