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environmental poisons (en·vīˈ·r  n·menˑ·tl poiˑ·znz),n disease-causing toxins in water, air, and food. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ecotoxicologist Shannon Bard of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says the discovery of hours-long efflux inhibition suggests that brief exposure to musks and similar contaminants could usher in a period in which organisms are unusually susceptible to environmental poisons. In a national survey of parents, 41% percent stated they "worry a lot" about their children's exposure to environmental poisons (Stickler and Simmons 1995). Take guns away from kids like these, and many won't settle for knives and baseball bats: They'll turn to deadlier weapons-to explosives, as that overgrown schoolboy, Ted Kaczynski did, or to environmental poisons, as the young subway saboteurs of Japan did. |
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