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• a  of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
  suffering from exposure to toxic substances

• When treasury secretary Tim Geithner rolled out his long-awaited plan for buying up toxic mortgage loans and securities on March 23, reaction was split.
• Other toxic trouble spots tend to be messy and smelly: big garbage sites set in remote hills, incinerators scorching the sides of forest slopes with their deadly .
• It's a great business when defaults are low; when they rise it can turn toxic.

• nontoxic

News & Articles

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• Mansion bought for $2.75M was built with toxic drywall
  The toxic Chinese drywall used in one couple's Cudjoe Key luxury dream home has turned into a legal nightmare. A South Dakota man who bought the $2.75 million, 4,300 square-foot mansion on Redfish... read more
  June 12, 2013 - Key West Citizen
• Testing Finds Foam at Lake Mead Not Toxic
  Authorities said the mysterious brown foam that showed up on the surface of Lake Mead over the weekend is not toxic.
  June 11, 2013 - KLAS Las Vegas
• Lake Mead mystery foam not toxic, officials say
  Officials said Monday evening that test results showed a foam that mysteriously formed in Lake Mead over the weekend was not toxic.
  June 11, 2013 - FOX 5 Las Vegas

Quotes

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• Thomas DiNapoli in International Herald Tribune
  The securities industry has already lost tens of thousands of jobs, and the industry is still continuing to write off toxic assets,DiNapoli said in a written statement. "It's painfully obvious that 2009 will probably be another difficult...
• Andrew Cuomo in International Herald Tribune
  The EPA's new regulations rob New Yorkers - and people across the country - of their right to know about toxic dangers in their own backyards,said Cuomo, the lead attorney general in the civil lawsuit. "Along with eleven other states...
• John Ensign in FOXNews
  It's a fairly toxic atmosphere out there,said Nevada Sen. John Ensign, chairman of the Senate GOP's campaign effort.