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DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment.
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Market intervention is always and everywhere harmful simply because markets are people.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
In an October 2022 article in the Montreal Gazette, Bryn Austin, a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, highlighted how BMI can lead to harmful outcomes.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
And tests of raw products show that they are frequently contaminated with harmful viruses and bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Some women have expressed concern that the ERA could be more harmful than helpful.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
In an October 2022 article in the Montreal Gazette, Bryn Austin, a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, highlighted how BMI can lead to harmful outcomes.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
And tests of raw products show that they are frequently contaminated with harmful viruses and bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Some women have expressed concern that the ERA could be more harmful than helpful.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Harmful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmful. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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