But that's chemically- as far as radiation goes, it's toxic soup.

The waste from the mine being released into the sea amounted to a potentially "toxic soup," he said.

Aug. 6) It's a toxic soup of hazardous chemicals, and, according to a recent surgeon general's report, any level of exposure increases the risk of serious diseases.

"When the people saw the city being dewatered and the press labeled it toxic soup, that just killed our seafood sales," Mr. Smith said.

Now the rivers are polluted as well the lake is an ever growing toxic soup.

"I know there's been a lot of discussion about 'toxic soup' and 'witch's brew,"' he said.

Meanwhile, the monster turns out to be a cuddly big blue thing grounded by the toxic soup.

"We've already got a toxic soup around here," she said.

Thus, the noxious combination of pollution from smokestacks and tailpipes causes smog, also known as ozone, a kind of toxic soup, Mr. Martin said.

A crisis centre issued regular warnings not to enter the well-travelled floodwaters, which had turned into a dangerous toxic soup of chemicals, bacteria and raw sewage.