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Meanings of contaminants in English

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 "pollutants"
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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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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.
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Lack of toxicity data, including for complex mixtures, makes it difficult to assess the risks emerging contaminants pose.
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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
Usage of contaminants in English
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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.
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Scan the shoreline or check upstream for contaminants such as dead animals.
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Groundwater tested in Potchefstroom was also found to contain the tiny contaminants.
The South African
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This keeps poor-tasting yeasts and other contaminants out and ensures shelf stability.
Wired
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You have biological contaminants and you have poisonous contaminants-allsorts of contaminants.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
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Therefore water carrying an anthropogenic contaminant dilutes water carrying geogenic contaminants.
Pubmed
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Results revealed that advisories associated a dozen contaminants with specific adverse health effects.
Pubmed
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Activists say the spring water is bursting with dangerous toxic contaminants.
Reuters
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Human health implications of environmental contaminants in Arctic Canada: a review.
Pubmed
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Often, these contaminants find their way out of parcels and into water sources.
The South African
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The fish meal produced complied with EU regulations for these contaminants.
Pubmed
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Riastap, as a manufactured plasma product, has been treated to remove possible contaminants.
Reuters
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