Toxins

Phosphorus provides nourishment for cyanobacteria (blue algae) which multiply and release toxins.

Plants produce toxins to defend themselves from predators.

It feels like carbohydrates are toxic like the toxins contained in invertebrates in the world's oceans.

We live in a test tube. Never before have humans been exposed to so many chemical and toxins.

In 1935, about 100 cane toads were brought in from Hawaii to help sugar cane farmers combat a destructive beetle. Some estimates put the current cane toad population in Australia at 200 million. Their powerful toxins have killed huge numbers of native animals.

What is morning sickness and how do toxins humans evolved with over billions of years disturb a developing fetus?

Plants release toxins in their leaves when they sense a caterpillar attack.

Caterpillars use toxins to ward off would-be attackers.

The results of a new report on toxins in the environment suggests that over 200 million people across the world are at risk of illness from industrial pollution.

Some cutting-edge doctors have used so-called fecal transplants to treat severe bacterial infections, including Clostridium difficile or C. diff, which releases toxins as it grows, attacking the lining of the intestines.