Assertion: cigarette butt | /r/HasProperty | toxic
Facets:
value: to living creatures
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to water fleas
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to marine bacteria
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Other studies have shown that cigarette butts are toxic to water fleas and marine bacteria.
text: A recent survey conducted by Legacy®, a non-profit organization that focuses on spreading awareness about the health and environmental impacts of tobacco, found that the majority of people know that cigarette butts are not biodegradable and that they are toxic.
text: In part that’s because cigarette butts are toxic.
text: After four days, half the fish had died, showing that cigarette butts "seep in into the aquatic environment and are toxic and deadly to living creatures," says Thomas Novotny, emeritus professor of global healthat San Diego State University, who was involved in the study.
text: Cigarette butts are unsightly, toxic and harmful to the environment.