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a poisonous substance- toxins leaked into the groundwater
toxins = poisonous substances
- Thomas felt as if that bubble of air in his chest had burst, releasing toxins into his body.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- four different kinds of toxinsBarbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- Avoiding bitter foods is a good way to avoid these toxins.Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- She got one blood transfusion after another because her kidneys could no longer filter the toxins from her blood, leaving her nauseated from the poison of her own body.Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Yersinia pestis—Bubonic plague, Black death, pest—is an overwhelming infection by bacteria that produce potent toxins.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- If a species does produce alkaloids, as fall approaches, the seeds are where the toxin is most likely to be found.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- His migraine was not helped by the pungent cigar feeding toxins into his system.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- Some will die now, others will die later as the various toxins take their toll.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- I think of my mother, sweeping up deadly toxins; the way they used to use up old women, in Russia, sweeping dirt.Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
- I laid in bed, sweating out toxins, the last of the E and crank, aching from the inside out.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- I try to be respectful of my body and not put a whole lot of toxins into it.Meg Cabot -- The Princess Diaries
- He never overworried about any such problems, but what if Kathy had been right, that toxins in New Orleans had found their way into his body?Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- E. coli 0157:H7, on the other hand, can release a powerful toxin called a "verotoxin" or a "Shiga toxin" — that attacks the lining of the intestine.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Side effect of some demon toxins.Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
- Like typhoid, one can harbor for a lifetime the toxin of guilt.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- Our consultant does guide us each day The masseur rubs our toxins away.John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
- Even if it is a spider bite, the problem is usually the infection rather than the toxin.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- In the unlikely event that this should fail, a doomsday button follows the sedative with a lethal dose of nerve toxin that kills in three to five seconds.Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
- Maybe it was toxins in all the nopals and loquats he ate, or something in the water they siphoned off a cistern, but he started to grow and grow.Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
toxins = poisonous substances
toxins = poisonous substances
toxins = poisonous substances
toxins = poisonous substances
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