Word: toxically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Corporation recently reiterated its position when it abstained on two more, ACSR-endorsed resolutions--one called on the owner of the firm that dumped toxic wastes in the Love Canal neighborhood, to establish a policy on toxic waste disposal; the other asked the Atlantic Richfield Company not to expand its operations in Chile. see Section...
...were many of the Kotts' neighbors. Over 700 families in all, they live around Love Canal, the notorious, stinking chemical sewer that has become a symbol of the country's growing toxic waste problem. For the past two years, one report after another has told harrowing tales of noxious odors leaking into homes, of sinister-colored sludge seeping into basements, of children playing in potholes of pollutants and, worst of all, of abnormally high rates of miscarriages and birth defects, of nerve, respiratory, liver and kidney disorders and of assorted cancers among people of Love Canal...
When the nature of this toxic time bomb finally became fully understood in 1978, New York State relocated 239 families whose homes were closest to the dump (cost: $37 million...
...after Lewis Carroll's Alice tumbles down the rabbit hole, she finds a little bottle with a label tied round its neck. Printed on it is a short, direct message: DRINK ME. Prudently, Alice looks to make sure there is no additional marking saying POISON, mindful that imbibing toxic liquids "is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later." Discovering none, she obeys the command-and shrinks to a height of ten inches...
...Brown notes, removing these threats to health is bound to be costly. Finding safe ways to dispose of toxic chemicals can substantially affect the profits of many U.S. industries. Cleaning up the dumps that already exist will cost billions. Thus far, action to control toxic chemical pollution has been slow and sporadic. Accidents similar to that in New Jersey may speed up the process. Even as Elizabeth was cleaning up after its fire, a chemical plant in neighboring Bayonne released a toxic cloud of its own and forced officials there to evacuate, temporarily, an 8-sq. -mi. industrial area...