environmental contaminant

collocation in English

meaningsofenvironmentalandcontaminant

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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contaminant
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈtæm.ɪ.nənt/us
/kənˈtæm.ə.nənt/
a substance that makes something less pure or makes ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandcontaminantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenvironmental contaminant

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Fluorine is a naturalenvironmentalcontaminantand both feeding stuffs and water for livestock contain fluorides.
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Arsenic is also found to be anenvironmentalcontaminantin drinking water (well water) and an occupational hazard for miners and glass workers.
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Perchlorate is anenvironmentalcontaminantusually associated with the storage, manufacture, and testing of solid rocket motors, which use ammonium perchlorate as an oxidizer.
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These are the final steps in the path to release anenvironmentalcontaminant, through transport to its effect in a biological system.
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Other than cases of acute poisoning, noenvironmentalcontaminanthas been found to cause more harm to infants than lack of breastfeeding.
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Given that fungal organisms are common environmental contaminants, and colonizers of various body sites, prevention of infection is exceptionally difficult.
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This nuclide is also newly made by cosmic rays and as a byproduct of artificial nuclear fission, which it is used to monitor as a very long-livedenvironmentalcontaminant.
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Most of these environmental contaminants exhibiting estrogenic effects will lead to endocrine disruption through various environmental media such as food and water.
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The immunotoxicity of environmental contaminants to marine wildlife : a review.
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Thus, there is a greater potential for low concentrations of fat-soluble environmental contaminants to accumulate and have effects at the top of the food chain.
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Fungal spores are commonly found as environmental contaminants, but their presence in hospitals is hazardous to certain patient groups.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a group of molecules consisting of a number of fused benzene rings, are major environmental contaminants.
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The next challenge is to combine information on speciesspecific distributions with information on environmental variables, to develop species level indicators for routine monitoring of environmental contaminants.
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Imported foodstuffs are examined for a wide range of potentially toxic substances such as heavy metals, natural toxins and environmental contaminants.
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In addition, this laboratory offers a further education programme which is particularly concerned with the consideration of environmental contaminants.
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Investigations found the presence of a variety of unspecified environmental contaminants associated with the construction of rocket launcher parts.
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Food chain studies have had an important role in ecotoxicology studies tracing the pathways and biomagnification of environmental contaminants.
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Chemical hazards include environmental contaminants, food ingredients (such as iodine), heavy metals, mycotoxins, natural toxins, improper storage, processing contaminants and veterinary medicines.
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The grasses also act as a filter, clearing the bay of environmental contaminants.
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In addition, practising vets will also produce potential environmental contaminants in the form of used needles, syringes, animal tissue and other clinical waste.
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