environmental toxin

noun

: a small amount of poison found in air, water, food, etc.

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Pregnant people and children may choose to limit the skin to limit consumption of salmon skin to limit exposure to possible environmental toxins. Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025 Prolonged exposure to environmental toxins could affect a fetus’ development. Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 Kennedy has suggested that AIDS may be caused by environmental toxins and an inhaled drug and immunosuppressant known as poppers. Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025 The effort eventually articulated five key aims: Combat America’s chronic disease epidemic — especially cancer, diabetes, and heart disease — by tackling its root causes: poor diet, environmental toxins, and inadequate health care. Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024 For example, sometimes the release of industry-altering trade secrets or dangerous environmental toxins are irreparable harms since their financial impact is difficult or impossible to calculate and no amount of dollars can fix the damage. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024 There is sound evidence that increasing amounts of environmental toxins are likely factors contributing to high rates of disease. David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024 No single French personality corresponds exactly to Alex Jones, but few onlookers would be surprised to hear someone on the fringes of a yellow vest assembly worrying that environmental toxins are turning frogs gay. Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020 Innovators reducing these environmental toxins can potentially offer a near-term profitable business model and a generational outcome. Sanskriti Thakur, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024

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“Environmental toxin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/environmental%20toxin. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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