Sentence examples for poisonous compounds from inspiring English sources

Residue from the poisonous compounds that give the colors their brilliance sift down through the atmosphere after a blast.

The blogger explained that the chemical was "really bad and nasty stuff," used in explosives and poisonous compounds.

Although the plot makes marginal use of "poisonous compounds" the play is not about a drug-driven world.

Many female butterflies deposit their eggs on plants that contain poisonous compounds, which the larvae incorporate into their bodies, making them distasteful.

Other bulbs contain poisonous compounds—such as the red squill (Urginea), the bulbs of which are the source of a highly effective rat poison.

Most plastics do not biodegrade but, instead, break down into smaller and smaller pieces of polymer; these may not be toxic themselves, but they accumulate poisonous compounds such as DDT and PCBs.

BOTULINUM -- A toxin that is the most poisonous compound known to science, it paralyzes muscles and lungs and kills quickly by suffocation.

Following a series of chemical tests, Jan Robel, the head of the institute, confirmed, in his final report, "the presence of traces of cyanide, particularly the poisonous compound bearing the name Zyklon".

Mycologist Ian Robert Hall lists the mushroom as containing the poisonous compound muscarine.

Pyrethrin-based are among the most effective types to use against boxelder bugs.[2] These sprays are made from a highly poisonous compound found in pyrethrum flowers, and other chemicals may also be added to increase their effectiveness.

This structure, called an ergot, contains a number of poisonous organic compounds called alkaloids.