Why is nascent oxygen supported to be toxic to aerobic life forms ?

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Nascent oxygen is highly reactive.

It can react readily with different kinds of molecules, including $DNA$, proteins present in the cells of aerobic life forms.

This may lead to mutations and undesirable metabolic changes.

- So in the evolutionary strend, oxygen is proved to be first major toxic pollutant.

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