Word: toxicants
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...George W. Bush's greatest challenge is an existential one. The public square has become toxic. Rational political discourse may no longer be possiblea fact attributable, at least in part, to the Limbaughs and Drudges and Hannitys who proselytized for Bush during the endless election season. Those blatherers have their enlightened self-interest, which is to keep up the carnival assault on liberals. But contentiousness can no longer be in the President's interest if he wants to get anything done. His success now depends on his ability to maintain his principles...
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...Some junk needs to be handled delicately, which doesn't routinely happen in India. The coast of Gujarat state in western India is the world's biggest naval graveyard, but many of the ships have specialized in carrying poisonous materials. According to the government, about 12,500 tons of toxic waste end up in the Arabian Sea each year. In the past few years, India has insourced the disposal of old computers, which contain lead, arsenic, cadmium and bromides. The country is also the biggest single importer of mercury-contaminated industrial waste...
Current methods of treating T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia include a combination of chemotherapy drugs which are highly toxic not only to cancer cells, but also to healthy cells. Even then, approximately one quarter of patients experience relapse...
...think [our therapy] is better because it’s more specific and thus less toxic,” said Aster...