toxicologist
Americannoun
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He says he has never seen anything like it in 26 years as a toxicologist.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
After a fire, heavy metal particles can spread through ash and smoke over gardens and inhibit growth, said Olukayode Jegede, an agricultural toxicologist and assistant professor at UC Davis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Belgian toxicologist Benoit Nemery, who was consulted on the investigation but wasn’t one of the report’s authors, said the company’s self-assessments were “scientifically unsuitable” to calculate health risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
The word “has a negative connotation in our popular lexicon; ‘natural’ has a positive connotation, when those words are not inherently negative or positive,” Ryan Marino, a medical toxicologist and physician, told me.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
As a toxicologist he was marvellous in his accuracy; no poisoner could escape his exact analysis.
From Memories and Anecdotes by Kate Sanborn
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