non-toxicadj.n.

1861–2 Proc. Royal Soc. 11 211 Cases of death by decapitation, strangulation, asphyxia from non-toxic gases or submersion.

1924 T. B. Robertson Princ. Biochem. (ed. 2) xxiii. 663 The non-toxic phenols..are excreted without undergoing conjugation.

1946 Nature 31 Aug. 294/1 Animal experiments with guinea pigs and rabbits have shown polyporin to be completely non-toxic.

1990 Los Angeles June 66/2 A staff artist, using nontoxic stains and finishes, will paint customized animal designs on furniture.

1976 Amer. Naturalist 110 316 (table) Nontoxics.

1989 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 23 July Under the appellate ruling, local districts actually would have less power to regulate toxic emissions than they do to control nontoxics.

1999 Field & Stream Aug. 94/2 Inside 45 yards, steel will kill a duck or goose every bit as dead as the pricey nontoxics will.