toxic chemical

collocation in English

meaningsoftoxicandchemical

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toxic
adjective
uk
/ˈtɒk.sɪk/us
/ˈtɑːk.sɪk/
poisonous:
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chemical
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
any basic substance that is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms ...
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(Definition oftoxicandchemicalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, much of the evidence supporting the physiological benefit of surface growth is based on improved tolerance towardstoxicchemicalagents.
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Is one talking about tonnes or only of kilograms of what is a verytoxicchemical?
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Safe disposal, off-farm, is available for anytoxicchemicalwhich cannot be used.
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Pesticide residues andtoxicchemicalvapours that originate from hydraulic spills could well be involved.
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Toxicchemicalresidues are a concern in food safety.
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I hope that it will cover in its report the medical and scientific response to nuclear and radiological attack,toxicchemicalattack and biological attack.
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Now, very few people understand that in all hair-waving processes the effective operative substance is a very highlytoxicchemical.
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Technically, the term can also refer to a toxin ortoxicchemicalthat causes illness.
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The wastewater contained many pollutants and poisonous substances including methylmercury, a highlytoxicchemical.
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The nitrogen fertilizers causetoxicchemicalleaching and runoff that enters our water tables.
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He also appears to have an immunity totoxicchemicalwaste.
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Toxicchemicalrunoff and byproducts from decomposing materials and foods can contaminate water supplies.
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A person's clothing can release thetoxicchemicalfor up to 30 minutes after exposure.
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Thistoxicchemicalis dissolved in sea water and released into areas where fish shelter.
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Approximately 520,000 people were exposed to thetoxicchemicalimmediately after the leak.
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Dioxins are considered to be the mosttoxicchemicalmade by men.
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It is atoxicchemical, like all salts of fluorosilicic acid.
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Ethylene glycol is listed as atoxicchemicalrequiring care in handling and disposal.
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I also said that there is no evidence at all of death or illness attributable to the presence oftoxicchemicalresidues in food entering the market.
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The containers used to transport them might be holed in the way suggested as might other containers used for the transport of othertoxicchemicalsubstances.
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This proposal now also tries to discourage animal tests, the addition of substances that break down with difficulty,toxicchemicalsubstances and substances with hormone-disruptive characteristics.
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He drew national attention to industry efforts to force women who worked withtoxicchemicalto undergo sterilization.
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First reported in 2006, it was isolated from industrial sludge and is able to oxidise thetoxicchemicalelement arsenic.
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