danger of contamination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdangerandcontamination
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danger
noun
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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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 ofdangerandcontaminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is nodangerofcontaminationof public water supplies.
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Designed in the interests of public safety, they are meant to avoid, for instance, thedangerofcontaminationof public water supplies.
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There is nodangerofcontaminationof public water supplies.
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That is a clear indication that in the building of new slaughterhouses there must be such equipment as to minimise thedangerofcontamination.
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Finally, in prison there is always thedangerofcontaminationof these young offenders by the older prisoners.
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At present, thedangerofcontaminationof that kind is negligible.
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They were both satisfied that there was nodangerofcontaminationfrom this dump.
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There is no question that there need be anydangerofcontaminationin the way that he suggested.
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I said that when they reached the age of seventeen there was no greatdangerofcontamination.
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There would be nodangerofcontaminationor pollution.
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For example, thedangerofcontaminationor infection is greater.
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It believes that there is adangerofcontaminationby the cryptosporidium parasite, which can be a hazard to human health.
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I accept that these proteins are only based on petroleum and that thedangerofcontaminationis minimal for that reason.
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I would never underestimate the greatdangerofcontaminationfrom milk or the great danger of getting tuberculosis from milk.
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In my opinion, thedangerofcontaminationfrom milk is greater after the milk leaves the doorstep of the house on to which it has been placed.
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The public require a guarantee that the foods which they consume are manufactured and stored in suitable premises in order to be kept free from thedangerofcontamination.
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It is disgusting that that practice is allowed to continue and that customs officers and others have to handle such material, with all the dangers of contamination and so on.
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In the case of evidence given on television the dangers of contamination are particularly acute because of the dramatic nature and the unforensic way in which evidence is sought.
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