healthy foods, and all too easy to choose unhealthy foods. Some call this food environment "'toxic' because of the way it corrodes healthy lifestyles and...

The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 mandated the EPA to protect the public from "unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment" by regulating...

harm the environment if not disposed of properly to prevent air pollution and the contamination of soils and water. A material is considered toxic when it...

biological, and photolytic processes. They are toxic and adversely affect human health and the environment around the world. Because they can be transported...

the marine environment plankton (which includes bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa and microscopic fungi) provide a crucial source of food to many small...

Metal toxicity or metal poisoning is the toxic effect of certain metals in certain forms and doses on life. Some metals are toxic when they form poisonous...

contain toxic ingredients. A number of methods of prevention can be used that can either totally prevent, delay, or otherwise reduce food spoilage. A food rotation...

the world in the environment, and they accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals. Dioxins are highly toxic and can cause reproductive...

Brownell calls this a "toxic food environment," where fat- and sugar-laden foods have taken precedence over healthy nutritious foods. In these developed...

authors critique the current culture of America, one that fosters a "toxic food environment" and promotes poor eating habits. The book also proposes public...

Toxic Crusaders is an American animated series loosely based on The Toxic Avenger films. It features Toxie, the lead character of the films, leading a...

various contaminants in food, public drinking water, and the environment. However, there is no linear relationship and chemical toxicity is more complex than...

Retrieved 2008-06-10. "Mercury - Industry - Environment -European Commission". "EU states clash over use of toxic mercury in light bulbs". TheGuardian.com...

Toxic equivalency factor (TEF) expresses the toxicity of dioxins, furans and PCBs in terms of the most toxic form of dioxin, 2,3,7,8-TCDD. The toxicity...

stored food for animals and humans, making the food unpalatable or toxic and are thus a major source of food losses and illness. Many strategies for food preservation...

consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention...

of Toxic Substances Control (or DTSC) is an agency of the government of the state of California which protects public health and the environment from...

terms, poisons introduced into the environment can later cause unwanted effects elsewhere, or in other parts of the food chain. In broad metaphorical (colloquial)...

Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is a UK independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards...

A. Daily consumption of liver can be harmful; for instance, vitamin A toxicity has been proven to cause medical issues to babies born of pregnant mothers...

credited with introducing the phrase "toxic food environment" in his 2004 book, Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry. A frequent radio and television...

foam in the marine environment plays a number of ecological roles including providing sources of food and creating habitat. As a food source, sea foam with...

cancer-causing poison produced by certain fungi in or on foods and feeds, especially in field corn and peanuts. Toxic effects from mold were thought to be the result...

metals, but also as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a notoriously toxic metalloid. It has various allotropes, but only the grey form, which has...

properly to avoid damaging human health or the environment. Waste can be hazardous because it is toxic, reacts violently with other chemicals, or is corrosive...

omega-3s (generally beneficial) and low in levels of mercury (generally toxic), with an FDA study in 2010 showing a level of 0.001 parts per million,...

consuming food with plastic wraps. There are potentials of exposure to DEHA; however, the levels of the exposure are much lower than the no toxic effect...

the Greek μύκης mykes, "fungus" and τοξικός toxikos, "poisonous") is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by fungi and is capable of causing disease...

spreading and thereby becoming an invasive weed. All parts of the plant are toxic, especially the seeds and roots, and especially when ingested. Under the...

of which are more sensitive than others. Toxicity can also vary with the organism's placement within its food web. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism...