toxic waste
noun
: unwanted chemicals that are the result of manufacturing or industry and that are poisonous to living things
The company was fined for dumping toxic waste into the river.
toxic waste dumps/sites
Toxic wastes were detected in the soil samples.
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Factories were allowed to dump so much toxic waste that the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland would regularly catch fire.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
At the facility, officials found several bodies in hazardous conditions inside the building that was later condemned and demolished by federal environmental regulators as a toxic waste site.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
The funeral home building was demolished in 2024 after the EPA condemned it, classifying it as a toxic waste site.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Both reflect a deep passion for a particular place—Johnson’s Middle Tennessee, Hiaasen’s South Florida—and a mixture of exasperation and grief at the destruction of the natural world to make room for megamansions and toxic waste dumps.
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
At the facility, officials found several bodies in hazardous conditions inside the building that was later condemned and demolished by federal environmental regulators as a toxic waste site.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
The funeral home building was demolished in 2024 after the EPA condemned it, classifying it as a toxic waste site.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Both reflect a deep passion for a particular place—Johnson’s Middle Tennessee, Hiaasen’s South Florida—and a mixture of exasperation and grief at the destruction of the natural world to make room for megamansions and toxic waste dumps.
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Toxic waste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toxic%20waste. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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