toxicant

noun

Definition of toxicantnext
as in pesticide

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Recent Examples of toxicant Since toxicants can be found in both healthy and unhealthy foods, this research suggests that some foods can contain a mix of components that are both beneficial and harmful for sleep. — Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024 The incidence of obesity, kidney disease, and prostate disease increased in each subsequent generation after the first toxicant exposure. — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024 Interestingly, our group has recently shown that toxicants in food or food packaging, like pesticides, mercury and phthalates – chemicals used to manufacture plastics – can affect sleep. — Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024 Nicotine pouches are purportedly intended to help people stop smoking cigarettes, Irfan Rahman, PhD, who runs a lab that conducts research on toxicants at the University of Rochester Medicine, told Health. — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 28 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for toxicant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toxicant
  1. pesticide
  2. herbicide
  3. insecticide
  4. fungicide
  5. toxin
  6. poison
  7. toxic
Noun
  • But for consumers who do choose to partake, there's another layer of concern: Traces of other harmful substances like pesticides, molds and heavy metals might be lurking in a tasty-looking edible or nicely packaged vape.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The lab also offers tips for helping birds, like putting markers on windows to avoid bird strikes, keeping cats indoors, avoiding pesticides and providing more natural habitat.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of pesticide
Noun
  • Environmental exposures: Exposure to toxic chemicals like herbicides (weed killers) or microplastics increases the risk of developing multiple myeloma.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
  • One final note: In some lawns, annual bluegrass can become resistant to herbicides when the same herbicide has been used repeatedly over the years, says Waltz.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of herbicide
Noun
  • Now, time-sensitive measures like spraying homes with insecticide, which is usually slated to begin before the rainy seasons, have been knocked off course.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In the meantime, Middleton recommends that insecticides — typically neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid or dinotefuran — be applied to susceptible palm trees every three to four months.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of insecticide
Noun
  • Otherwise, use of a fungicide labeled for rust control on ornamentals would be helpful.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Brown patch a disease is causes yellow areas in many lawns; apply a fungicide as needed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
Definition of fungicide
Noun
  • During the confirmation hearings, many senators expressed interest in efforts to address toxins and chronic health issues.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of toxin
Noun
  • Some were stoppers, the design concealing small vials of a particularly deadly poison.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Daughter-in-Law of Baker Whose Christmas Cake Killed 3 Arrested on Murder Charges: Reports Police chief Cléber dos Santos Lima told reporters that Dos Anjos researched and purchased the deadly poison four separate times, per the BBC.
    — Christine Pelisek, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Definition of poison
Noun
  • What these arguments fail to understand is that DEI protections were put in place for certain groups because of historically discriminatory hiring practices and to course-correct toxic, racist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, and sexist workplaces.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • This strategy has amplified his visibility but has also drawn criticism for aligning with internet personalities accused of toxic and, for some, abusive behaviors.
    — Kia Turner, refinery29.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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