as in contaminant
something that is or that makes impure
filtered the pollutants out of the water
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Recent Examples of pollutant
Bearded men need to shave or at least cut back facial hair as much as possible so that a protective mask makes a firm seal around the face, keeping pollutants out.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
These plastics can absorb pollutants in the water, which then can leach into the organism that eats them.
—Steve Padilla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
These include volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde, air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, consumer chemicals such as bisphenol A, and herbicides such as atrazine.
—Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
Not long after the protests, Illinois passed legislation limiting the release of the pollutant, the local plant shut down and the cancer-causing pollution was gone from the air.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 Mar. 2025
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
These plastics can absorb pollutants in the water, which then can leach into the organism that eats them.
—Steve Padilla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
These include volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde, air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, consumer chemicals such as bisphenol A, and herbicides such as atrazine.
—Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
Not long after the protests, Illinois passed legislation limiting the release of the pollutant, the local plant shut down and the cancer-causing pollution was gone from the air.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Pollutant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollutant. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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