1·Dioxins are highly toxic and can cause reproductive and developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones and also cause cancer.
二恶英是一类剧毒物质,可导致生殖和发育问题,损害免疫系统,干扰激素,还可以导致癌症。
2·Thousands of west Africans besieged local hospitals, and a number died, in 2006 after the dumping of hundreds of tons of highly toxic oil waste around Abidjan.
2006年在倾倒了数百吨剧毒废油在阿比让周边之后,数千名西非人包围了当地的医院,其中有几人死亡。
3·Counterfeit medicines range from products containing no active ingredients to those containing highly toxic substances.
假冒药物范围很广,既有不含任何有效成分的产品,也有含剧毒物质的产品。
4·Poison dart frogs, like this sapphire-blue species, are highly toxic.
像这种蓝宝石颜色的毒箭蛙,有剧毒。
5·The BBC filed a fighting defence this week, accusing Trafigura of knowing its chemicals were "highly toxic, potentially lethal and posed a serious risk to public health".
这个星期英国广播公司提出了辩护诉讼,控告托克公司清楚知道它们的化学品是“剧毒的、潜在的致命性和构成对公众健康的严重威胁”。