biological contamination

collocation in English

meaningsofbiologicalandcontamination

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biological
adjective
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/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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contamination
noun[U]
uk
/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of making something dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous ...
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(Definition ofbiologicalandcontaminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A new and more alarming problem has arisen alongside this, concerning the increased production of genetically modified foods, and that isbiologicalcontamination.
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There have been examples ofbiologicalcontaminationthrough river waters and leakages from such stations.
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In food biotechnology, new techniques will undoubtedly make it easier to detectbiologicalcontaminationof meat and of other foods.
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Unfortunately, the problem ofbiologicalcontaminationcaused by genetically modified organisms has been disregarded, and we have all been complicit in that.
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We have overlooked the fact that whilst chemical contamination can be reversed over time,biologicalcontaminationis often irreversible.
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Unlike bacterial or some other form of organic orbiologicalcontaminationof the food chain, we have here a finite quantity of substance that could easily be eliminated.
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However, none of the four analyzed plants complied with the standard for fecal coliform, a measure ofbiologicalcontamination.
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Levels ofbiologicalcontaminationdepend on humidity and temperature that supports the livelihood of micro-organisms.
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It's abiologicalcontaminationwhich induces violent psychosis, but the substance is countered by cold.
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Some have suggested locating rectennas offshore, but this presents serious problems, including corrosion, mechanical stresses, andbiologicalcontamination.
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In the case ofbiologicalcontamination, residents are usually advised to boil their water before consumption or to use bottled water as an alternative.
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Eventually it was determined that many of the properties of polywater could be explained bybiologicalcontamination.
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Tanaka makes his way through the headquarters building, unaware that he is the source of thebiologicalcontamination.
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This water must be sterilized, usually by either high temperatures in an autoclave or by exposure to ultraviolet radiation, to preventbiologicalcontaminationof the culture.
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Then years of drought reduced the lakes water levels which continued microbiologicalcontaminationof the water, putting it off limits to any type of swimming at all.
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