Word: toxically
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...primary concerns of the environmental group opposing NAFTA are transboundary pollution and the deteriorating resource base along the 2000 mile US-Mexico border, exacerbated by the proliferation of maquiladoras and their problems with air pollution and hazardous and toxic waste management...
Cyanide gas, he said, is highly toxic and is eventually lethal to humans if breathed for a protracted period of time. The experiment in question, though, involved only solid cyanide, which is poisonous is ingested but gives off no dangerous fumes...
British scientists have managed to deactivate cancer cells in mice. They moved a gene from a bacterium into the tumor cells; once inside, the gene forced the cells to produce a toxic protein that then shut off the tumor cells' ability to reproduce and spread...
Investigators cannot dismiss the possibility that they are dealing with a new killer, given the emergence of such ailments as Legionnaires' disease, toxic-shock syndrome and AIDS over the past two decades. Modern life is constantly creating new opportunities for microbes, warns author and infectious-disease specialist Dr. Richard Krause of the National Institutes of Health. Legionnaires', he notes, developed because air-conditioning ducts created a new breeding ground for bacteria; toxic shock was linked with the introduction of highly absorbent tampons and AIDS with population shifts and changing sexual mores. At week's end investigators were focusing...
Should people start stocking up on vitamin E? Not necessarily. Although most scientists believe that large doses are not toxic in the short term, no one knows about safety over the long run. Some researchers caution that taken in such large amounts, the supplement is no longer a vitamin but a drug and should be thoroughly tested. In any case, vitamin supplements cannot substitute for good health habits. Unfortunately for those who want a quick fix, getting plenty of exercise, cutting down on dietary fat and quitting smoking remain far better prescriptions for preventing heart disease than anything...