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• Bees and toxic chemicals — Bees can suffer serious effects from toxic chemicals in their environment. This includes various synthetic chemicals, such as insecticides and fertilizers, as well as a variety of naturally occurring chemicals from plants, such as ethanol… …   Wikipedia

• toxic — I adjective damaging, deadly, deleterious, fatal, festering, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, lethal, malign, noxious, pestilent, pernicious, poisonous, purulent, risky, unsafe, venomous, virulent associated concepts: toxic chemicals, toxic… …   Law dictionary

• Toxic tort — A toxic tort is a special type of personal injury lawsuit in which the plaintiff claims that exposure to a chemical caused the plaintiff s injury or disease. Different typesToxic torts arise in several contexts. People are typically exposed to… …   Wikipedia

• Toxic headache — A toxic headache is the least common type of vascular headache that usually comes from a fever from acute illnesses such as measles, mumps, pneumonia and tonsillitis. Common hazards in our environment also cause toxic headaches with exposure.… …   Wikipedia

• toxic — tox|ic [ˈtɔksık US ˈta:k ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison , from Greek toxikon arrow poison , from toxon bow, arrow ] containing poison, or caused by poisonous substances ▪ fumes from a toxic waste… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Toxic —    A very high risk investment which is highly likely to be in default. * * * toxic UK US /ˈtɒksɪk/ adjective ► poisonous: toxic to sb/sth »These substances can be toxic to humans. toxic chemical/substance/material »The company has cut toxic… …   Financial and business terms

• toxic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, stay ▪ Black walnuts can prove toxic to other plants. ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

• Toxic capacity — can mean the toxicity of a substance, possibly in relation to a specific organism and toxic capacity can mean the capacity of an organism, organic system or ecosystem to contain a toxic substance or a selection of toxic substances (a compound)… …   Wikipedia

• Toxic Substances Control Act — The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the United States Congress in 1976, that regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals. It grandfathered most existing chemicals, in contrast to the… …   Wikipedia

• toxic — 01. The chemicals from the factory are quite [toxic], and present a serious danger for human health. 02. The cost of cleaning up [toxic] waste should be paid by the companies that are responsible for the pollution. 03. It is difficult to… …   Grammatical examples in English

• toxic waste — noun poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means) • Syn: ↑toxic industrial waste • Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product * * * toxic waste UK US …   Useful english dictionary