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• s  having the qualities or effects of a poison
• s  not safe to eat
• s  marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  poisonous hate

• Near Intalco, at a $50 million refinery, Mobil has built in a system for the bacteriological destruction of poisonous phenols, so that wastes discharged into Georgia Strait are .
• Bush campaigned for a year against partisan politics--and that was before partisanship became so poisonous that it polluted every institution of government.
• After the attention paid to the poisonous and polarizing diatribe of recent days, Senator Obama's clear and compelling message which appeals to our best instincts as Americans is .

• toxicant
• venomous
• vicious

News & Articles

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• Boyle officials join 'snakes in a pool' probe
  Though Boyle County magistrates did not discuss during its meeting the recent “Call of the Wildman” episode where The Turtleman claimed there were poisonous snakes in a Danville-Boyle County community pool, county officials are working with city officials to find out what really happened at the pool last year.
  June 13, 2013 - The Danville Advocate-Messenger
• Boyle officials join 'snakes in a pool' probe
  Though Boyle County magistrates did not discuss during its meeting the recent “Call of the Wildman” episode where The Turtleman claimed there were poisonous snakes in a Danville-Boyle County community pool, county officials are working with city officials to find out what really happened at the pool last year.
  June 13, 2013 - The Danville Advocate-Messenger
• NC health dept.: Poison gas not in pool inspection
  Inspectors checked a motel where three people were presumed killed by carbon monoxide fumes six weeks before anyone died, but their review didn't include investigating for the poisonous gas, the local ...
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Mark Souder in Politico
  In the poisonous environment of Washington, DC, any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain,Souder said. "I am resigning rather than put my family through that painful, drawn-out process."
• Ben Nelson in Forbes
  Nelson, pledging his support for his Illinois colleague, said Obama has "the greatest potential to ending the bitterness and poisonous atmosphere in Washington."
• Mitch McConnell in KTVU.com
  It is my hope that whomever President Bush selects as the next attorney general, he or she is not subjected to the same poisonous partisanship that we've sadly grown accustomed to over the past eight months,McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement.