1.   Chemicals will kill them -- and just about everything else that lives in the water.

2.   Sometimes the chemicals kill wildlife outright, leaving dramatic evidence.

3.   Toxic chemicals kill or injure only those who come into direct contact with them.

4.   Officials have cautioned against the widespread use of pesticides to eradicate the fire ant for fear that the chemicals would also kill native ants, Wright said.

5.   Research shows the dolphins are being killed by chemicals discharged in China into the Pearl River, which runs through the heavily industrialized province of Guangdong.

6.   Tests for other possible uses have shown that the chemicals kill spores on all surfaces, such as chairs, office papers and carpets.

7.   The chemical kills blackbirds within three days of ingestion by causing irreversible kidney and heart damage.

8.   The FBI said the chemicals could kill people if ingested or converted to gas.

9.   The manmade chemical kills by preventing oxygen from reaching vital organs.

10.   Thousands of birds were found dead in a farm field, and officials suspect a chemical may have killed them.