Definition of "toxicants" [toxicants]

• Plural form of toxicant. (noun)

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• "These poisons are used to kill more than 13,000 animals a year, yet only 0.3 percent of the animals killed by Wildlife Services are killed by these toxicants, indicating how these poisons are of limited value to Wildlife Services' program."
• "But it may also contribute because the mother has lived longer and hence has accumulated additional environmental toxicants."
• "But what about an accumulation of environmental toxicants in fathers and pregnant mothers?"