toxicant

/tˈɒksɪkənt/

/tˈɑːksɪkənt/

[noun] [adjective]

Toxicant

[NOUN]

any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

synonyms : poison

poisonous substance

toxicant

[ADJECTIVE]

having the qualities or effects of a poison

synonyms : poisonous

Examples

1. Are we going to get toxicants back?

2. While vitamin E acetate is the most likely culprit found so far, officials haven’t ruled out other chemicals and toxicants as possible causes.

3. It's complex because we have nutritional benefit, we have toxicant risks, like mercury, we have ecologic concerns over fishing, and economic influences.

4. Vapor, in some cases, has been found to contain heavy metals, toxicants and carcinogens.

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