Toxicity
noun
The level of harm or danger caused by chemicals or substances to a living organism.
The toxicity of the chemical caused serious illness in the workers exposed to it.
Often appears as...
- chemical toxicity
- acute toxicity
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Formal
Technical
noun
The harmfulness or unpleasantness in a situation or environment.
The toxicity in the workplace was so high that most employees felt anxious and stressed all the time.
Often appears as...
- workplace toxicity
- relationship toxicity
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Formal
noun
In gaming, the negative behavior or attitudes of players that ruin the enjoyment of the game.
The developers are trying to reduce the toxicity in their online multiplayer game to provide a better experience to their players.
Often appears as...
- online toxicity
- gaming toxicity
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Colloquial
noun
The level of harm or danger caused by chemicals or substances to a living organism.
The toxicity of the chemical caused serious illness in the workers exposed to it.
Often appears as...
- chemical toxicity
- acute toxicity
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The harmfulness or unpleasantness in a situation or environment.
The toxicity in the workplace was so high that most employees felt anxious and stressed all the time.
Often appears as...
- workplace toxicity
- relationship toxicity
Usage tips
Formal
noun
In gaming, the negative behavior or attitudes of players that ruin the enjoyment of the game.
The developers are trying to reduce the toxicity in their online multiplayer game to provide a better experience to their players.
Often appears as...
- online toxicity
- gaming toxicity
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Severity Levels
Toxicity can refer to different levels of harm, from mild to deadly.
The plant's leaves have a low level of toxicity to humans.
Pro Tip 2/3Exposure Duration
The term may imply a short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) exposure to a toxin.
Chronic toxicity results from repeated exposures over a longer period.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Use
Often employed in medical and environmental contexts, indicating a scientific background.
Researchers studied the toxicity of pesticides on bee populations.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Levels
Toxicity can refer to different levels of harm, from mild to deadly.
The plant's leaves have a low level of toxicity to humans.
Pro Tip 2/3Exposure Duration
The term may imply a short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) exposure to a toxin.
Chronic toxicity results from repeated exposures over a longer period.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Use
Often employed in medical and environmental contexts, indicating a scientific background.
Researchers studied the toxicity of pesticides on bee populations.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Levels
Toxicity can refer to different levels of harm, from mild to deadly.
The plant's leaves have a low level of toxicity to humans.
Pro Tip 2/3Exposure Duration
The term may imply a short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) exposure to a toxin.
Chronic toxicity results from repeated exposures over a longer period.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Use
Often employed in medical and environmental contexts, indicating a scientific background.
Researchers studied the toxicity of pesticides on bee populations.
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Richard Pyle: Exploring...
is the gas system. The primary purpose of the gas system is to provide oxygen, to replenish the oxygen that your body consumes. So the main tank, the main critical thing, is this oxygen gas supply cylinder we have here. But if we only had an oxygen gas supply cylinder, we wouldn't be able to go very deep, because we'd run into oxygen toxicity very quickly.
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Special Bacteria Helps...
it gets into the deeper layers of tissue and access to bats in their natural hibernacula isn't always easy sometimes there are very large clusters that are way higher than you could access to treat with traditional treatments and they're very sensitive animals and so they have been susceptible to toxicity
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Dear Facebook, this is...
Is this what we want? A post-truth world where toxicity and tribalism trump bridge-building and consensus-seeking? I do remain optimistic that we still have more in common with each other than the current media and online environment portray, and I do believe that having more perspective surface
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How do vitamins work? -...
since it helps make the proteins that do this job. Without this vitamin variety, humans face deficiencies that cause a range of problems, like fatigue, nerve damage, heart disorders, or diseases like rickets and scurvy. On the other hand, too much of any vitamin can cause toxicity in the body,
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Tyrone Hayes + Penelope...
like obesity and juvenile diabetes, premature puberty. So it's interesting for me, when I'm looking for someone who can really talk to me and talk to an audience about these things, that probably one of the most important people in the world who can discuss toxicity in babies
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Could a drug prevent...
But it does make you wonder what else we've missed. So iproniazid and imipramine, they're more than just a case study in repurposing. They have two other things in common that are really important. One, they have terrible side effects. That includes liver toxicity,
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What ocean microbes...
We were trying to understand why they bloom, where they bloom, when they bloom, so we could manage these harvests and protect human health. Now, the problem is the ocean's a moving target and, much like some people in our lives, toxicity varies among the plankton.
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The Water of Lost Hills...
is full of toxicity. One of the first things that happened to me when I started working here is-- I was going door to door, visiting residents, and a couple of women said, "Come in, come in." And they offered me a glass of what they were
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How cancer cells...
We are engineering new anticancer therapeutics, to limit toxicity and to reduce drug resistance. And we are developing groundbreaking systems that will help for the development of better human clinical trials.
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Care About the Ocean?...
stuff I'm mistaking the bits of plastic food chemicals pesticides and herbicides runoff from land and adhere to floating marine debris increasing toxicity to marine life and ultimately to humans so
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Richard Pyle: Exploring...
is the gas system. The primary purpose of the gas system is to provide oxygen, to replenish the oxygen that your body consumes. So the main tank, the main critical thing, is this oxygen gas supply cylinder we have here. But if we only had an oxygen gas supply cylinder, we wouldn't be able to go very deep, because we'd run into oxygen toxicity very quickly.
Video examples
Special Bacteria Helps...
it gets into the deeper layers of tissue and access to bats in their natural hibernacula isn't always easy sometimes there are very large clusters that are way higher than you could access to treat with traditional treatments and they're very sensitive animals and so they have been susceptible to toxicity
Video examples
Dear Facebook, this is...
Is this what we want? A post-truth world where toxicity and tribalism trump bridge-building and consensus-seeking? I do remain optimistic that we still have more in common with each other than the current media and online environment portray, and I do believe that having more perspective surface
Video examples
How do vitamins work? -...
since it helps make the proteins that do this job. Without this vitamin variety, humans face deficiencies that cause a range of problems, like fatigue, nerve damage, heart disorders, or diseases like rickets and scurvy. On the other hand, too much of any vitamin can cause toxicity in the body,
Video examples
Tyrone Hayes + Penelope...
like obesity and juvenile diabetes, premature puberty. So it's interesting for me, when I'm looking for someone who can really talk to me and talk to an audience about these things, that probably one of the most important people in the world who can discuss toxicity in babies
Video examples
Could a drug prevent...
But it does make you wonder what else we've missed. So iproniazid and imipramine, they're more than just a case study in repurposing. They have two other things in common that are really important. One, they have terrible side effects. That includes liver toxicity,
Video examples
What ocean microbes...
We were trying to understand why they bloom, where they bloom, when they bloom, so we could manage these harvests and protect human health. Now, the problem is the ocean's a moving target and, much like some people in our lives, toxicity varies among the plankton.
Video examples
The Water of Lost Hills...
is full of toxicity. One of the first things that happened to me when I started working here is-- I was going door to door, visiting residents, and a couple of women said, "Come in, come in." And they offered me a glass of what they were
Video examples
How cancer cells...
We are engineering new anticancer therapeutics, to limit toxicity and to reduce drug resistance. And we are developing groundbreaking systems that will help for the development of better human clinical trials.
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Care About the Ocean?...
stuff I'm mistaking the bits of plastic food chemicals pesticides and herbicides runoff from land and adhere to floating marine debris increasing toxicity to marine life and ultimately to humans so
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Richard Thaler
American Economist
The government employs scientists of many varieties in technical capacities, from estimating the environmental toxicity of a chemical to the structural soundness of a bridge. But when it comes to forming policies, these scientists and, especially, behavioral scientists are rarely at the table with the lawyers and the economists.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
It's interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn't. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known?
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Steven Gundry
American Author
Often, lectins can get in the way of important cells communicating with one another. And when that happens, the body's response is usually inflammation or some other type of reaction to toxicity, like nausea, diarrhoea, or vomiting.
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Anita Sarkeesian
Canadian Critic
There's a toxicity within gaming culture, and also in tech culture, that drives this misogynist hatred, this reactionary backlash against women who have anything to say, especially those who have critiques or who are feminists.
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Tristram Stuart
English Author
The manufacture and running of all the world's computers, the toxicity of the hardware mountains that we currently dump on other countries; all this can be totted up on the environmental account of web-users and its authors.
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Mindy Grossman
American Businesswoman
I believe you have to get rid of toxicity in any company. Don't care how smart, how talented, how long they have been there. If someone is going to create a toxic environment, you have to make a change.
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John Niven
Scottish Author
I've never understood why the end of a relationship - especially one involving children - has to immediately signal a descent into hatred and toxicity.
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Michael Morhaime
American Businessman
I am surprised by the level of toxicity sometimes that exists online, especially where people can say things anonymously.
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Thabo Mbeki
South African Statesman
Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious.
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Andrew Garfield
American Actor
I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it.
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Richard Thaler
American Economist
The government employs scientists of many varieties in technical capacities, from estimating the environmental toxicity of a chemical to the structural soundness of a bridge. But when it comes to forming policies, these scientists and, especially, behavioral scientists are rarely at the table with the lawyers and the economists.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
It's interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn't. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known?
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Steven Gundry
American Author
Often, lectins can get in the way of important cells communicating with one another. And when that happens, the body's response is usually inflammation or some other type of reaction to toxicity, like nausea, diarrhoea, or vomiting.
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Anita Sarkeesian
Canadian Critic
There's a toxicity within gaming culture, and also in tech culture, that drives this misogynist hatred, this reactionary backlash against women who have anything to say, especially those who have critiques or who are feminists.
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Tristram Stuart
English Author
The manufacture and running of all the world's computers, the toxicity of the hardware mountains that we currently dump on other countries; all this can be totted up on the environmental account of web-users and its authors.
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Mindy Grossman
American Businesswoman
I believe you have to get rid of toxicity in any company. Don't care how smart, how talented, how long they have been there. If someone is going to create a toxic environment, you have to make a change.
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John Niven
Scottish Author
I've never understood why the end of a relationship - especially one involving children - has to immediately signal a descent into hatred and toxicity.
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Michael Morhaime
American Businessman
I am surprised by the level of toxicity sometimes that exists online, especially where people can say things anonymously.
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Thabo Mbeki
South African Statesman
Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious.
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Andrew Garfield
American Actor
I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it.
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