Word: toxically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grain itself is not toxic because endrin is sprayed only at the seedling stage, while only the tops of the mature plants are harvested. Birds, however, eat the seedlings...
...Buildings and Grounds (B&G) maintenance worker who was changing a chlorine tank below the Indoor Athletic Building (IAB) pool last Monday when a large amount of the toxic gas escaped said yesterday that the accident occurred when a valve he was tightening "popped off under heavy pressure...
...particularly bitter battle in the war of words between Moscow and Washington centers on American charges that Soviet-backed forces in Southeast Asia have been using highly toxic biochemical weapons. Speaking in Berlin last week, Secretary Haig charged that "potent mycotoxins," superpoisons derived from grain molds and known to be produced by the Soviets, were found in the region. Experts at the State Department said that the toxins were isolated on a leaf from Cambodia, where the Soviet-backed government is fighting Khmer insurgents...
...explained exactly how it happened, but a tank of toxic chlorine gas emptied itself into the Indoor Athletic Building (IAB) Monday morning, sending 34 people to the hospital...
Miracle drugs are even more overworked in Third World countries, because they are often sold over the counter, with out a prescription, even though antibiotics can have toxic side effects. U.S. physicians, for instance, know that Chloramphenicol should be prescribed only for life-threatening infections, since it can cause a breakdown in red blood cells. Physicians in Latin America, however, have been urged by manufacturers to use the drug for such minor ailments as tonsillitis and whooping cough...