deleterious substance

collocation in English

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deleterious
adjective
uk
/ˌdel.ɪˈtɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˌdel.ɪˈtɪr.i.əs/
harmful:
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substance
noun
uk
/ˈsʌb.stəns/us
/ˈsʌb.stəns/
material with particular ...
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(Definition ofdeleteriousandsubstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Does she not agree that this represents a gross inconsistency between the treatment of onedeleterioussubstanceand another?
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Second, if the poisonous ordeleterioussubstanceis unavoidable and is within an established tolerance, regulatory limit, or action level, the food will not be deemed to be adulterated.
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During the time of festering some deleterious substances were possibly circulating through his body.
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But, of course, there are other deleterious substances which are being poured into the air day after day and which ought to be dealt with.
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They inherit prejudices, and they feed their infants on all sorts of deleterious substances.
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Deleterious substances such as sand, or poisonous substances, must not be introduced at all.
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If farmers store the sludge they can then put a large amount on to a small acreage, which would up the concentration of possibly toxic metals and other deleterious substances.
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Personally he could not see why all noxious or deleterious substances capable of being used for preservative purposes should not be included, and all others excluded.
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Afterwards it treats of deleterious substances, and of the preservatives from them.
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The action levels discussed above with respect to poisonous or deleterious substances address these added substances.
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