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Toxic chemicals from microplastics can be absorbed through skin

Toxic chemicals used to flame-proof plastic materials can be absorbed into the body through skin, via contact with microplastics, new…

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A faster, better way to prevent an AI chatbot from giving toxic responses

A user could ask ChatGPT to write a computer program or summarize an article, and the AI chatbot would likely…

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Food & Drink

FDA issues warning about toxic yellow oleander in tejocote root products

The FDA has been investigating certain supplements since September and has found some tejocote root products to be substituted with…

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Parental avoidance of toxic exposures could help prevent autism, ADHD in children, new study shows

Autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be preventable if parents avoid toxic exposures and adopt interventions such as…

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Cannabis vaping liquids contain lead and other toxic metals

Cannabis vape pens can contain unsafe levels of heavy metals Richard Vogel/AP/ Alamy Cannabis vape liquids contain toxic heavy metals…

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Cacao plants’ defense against toxic cadmium unveiled

Researchers from the University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), France, together with the ESRF, the European Synchrotron located in Grenoble, France, used…

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Older monarch caterpillars binge on toxic milkweed goo

Maybe science has misunderstood the dining style of big monarch butterfly caterpillars. What insect watchers have called defense against the…

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Business

I’m a Black woman who quit the State Department over racial gaslighting. Here’s why prestigious workplaces can be toxic for people like me

I remember sitting in my manager’s sparsely decorated office, anticipating a pat on the back for the work I had…

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Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices

Researchers have developed a sensor made from ‘frozen smoke’ that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time…

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Aluminum’s notorious, toxic red mud could one day help make ‘green steel’

Making aluminum is dirty work, and hasn’t improved much since the 1886 debut of its most widespread production method. Aside…

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