Executive coach,CNN commentator and author Lauren Mackler calls it a "toxic" environment.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

When a baby is put face down in a bed, it begins to re-breathe carbon dioxide, which is toxic.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

Weissman says manufacturers often promote a product's recycled content, but might not mention,for example, that it contains toxic substances.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The European Green Party has also accused European companies of using Somalia's shoreline as a dump site for the disposal of toxic waste.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The United Nations Environment Program said many inhabitants of towns in northeast Somalia suffered from diseases consistent with radiation sickness following a Tsunami in 2004, that may have stirred up tons of nuclear and toxic waste.

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