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toxicologist

American  
[tahk-si-kah-luhj-ist] / ˌtɑk sɪˈkɑ lədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. a specialist or student in toxicology.


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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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