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Word: toxically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Bad News for the Birds | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Valve Malfunction Blamed For IAB Chlorine Leak | 9/29/1981 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Together | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: An Accident at the IAB | 9/26/1981 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Those Overworked Miracle Drugs | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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