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DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment.
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Research has found that building roads can fragment habitats, disrupt ecosystems, and increase erosion and sediment pollution in drinking water, among other potentially harmful outcomes.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
This kind of leadership without empathy is not only unsustainable but actively harmful to morale and performance.
—Jody Michael, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Bezos' wedding splurge is seen as unnecessary and harmful by protesters.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
As the usage of artificial intelligence — benign and adversarial — increases at breakneck speed, more cases of potentially harmful responses are being uncovered.
—Neha Hegde, CNBC, 22 June 2025
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
This kind of leadership without empathy is not only unsustainable but actively harmful to morale and performance.
—Jody Michael, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Bezos' wedding splurge is seen as unnecessary and harmful by protesters.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
As the usage of artificial intelligence — benign and adversarial — increases at breakneck speed, more cases of potentially harmful responses are being uncovered.
—Neha Hegde, CNBC, 22 June 2025
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“Harmful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmful. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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