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Significats de pollutants en anglès

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contaminant

Substance or energy source damaging to the environment.

contaminant

Chemical substances that are not regulated but are introduced in the environment due to various anthropogenic activities and can potentially harm the ecosystem.

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Examples for "contaminants"
Examples for "contaminants"
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These come from legal or illegal medicines, as well as environmental contaminants.
The Irish Times
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Refining oil contaminants are complex and cause serious harm to the environment.
Pubmed
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The team is also testing the island's water and soil for contaminants.
BBC
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Toxicity is often tested in the absence of other expected co-occurring contaminants.
Pubmed
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The metalloid arsenic and the chlorinated insecticide endosulfan are common environmental contaminants.
Pubmed
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Further monitoring and research are required to assess trends and health effects of emerging contaminants.
Pubmed
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Among the emerging contaminants, antibiotics are obviously of high concern, because of their potential for inducing antibiotic resistance.
Pubmed
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Lack of toxicity data, including for complex mixtures, makes it difficult to assess the risks emerging contaminants pose.
Pubmed
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Water main breaks waste more 2 trillion gallons of treated drinking water per year, and "legacy and emerging contaminants" need monitoring.
Reuters
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UV filters are a class of emerging contaminants with an annual estimated production of 10,000 tons worldwide that continuously enter aquatic environments.
Pubmed
Ús de pollutants en anglès
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Air pollutants from residential solid fuel combustion are attracting growing public concern.
Pubmed
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The rule covers global warming pollutants including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide.
Reuters
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Most of the acronyms refer to pesticides - or 'environmental chemical pollutants'.
The Guardian
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The vehicles had emitted up to 40 times the legally allowable pollutants.
Reuters
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It removes all four common indoor air pollutants as well as ammonia.
The South African
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Gills are considered a key player in organism defenses against environmental pollutants.
Pubmed
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Polychlorinated biphenyls are environmental pollutants that are toxic to many biological systems.
Pubmed
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The term clean gasoline describes gasoline that has pollutants removed, including sulfur.
Reuters
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The effect of particulates on acute mortality was independent of these pollutants.
Pubmed
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Isoprene forms toxic ozone when mixed with other air pollutants in sunlight.
Reuters
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The wind direction suddenly changes - will pollutants threaten the crowded beaches?
The Irish Times
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Reductions in levels of the pollutants varied across communities over two decades.
Reuters
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VOC's are pollutants that can easily turn into gases at room temperature.
Radio NZ
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Many previous studies have explored the interactions between MPs and hydrophobic pollutants.
Pubmed
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The degradation efficiency of organic pollutants in the above systems is evaluated.
Pubmed
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Other pollutants emitted by vehicles have also been linked to childhood obesity.
The Guardian
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Translations for pollutants
Pollutants a través del temps
Pollutants per variant geogràfica
Estats Units d'Amèrica
Comú
Irlanda
Comú
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