as in contaminants
something that is or that makes impure
filtered the pollutants out of the water
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In Illinois, these pollutants include nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater treatment plants, urban stormwater drainage and agricultural runoff, which flow into the Mississippi River Basin.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
Among other things, the shell-opening behavior is an indicator of the mollusks' biological rhythms, daily growth, egg-laying cycles, daily agitation and other factors which are affected to varying degrees by pollutants.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
The amika antioxidant shampoo delivers a healthy dose of sea buckthorn and natural plant extracts that protect your hair from oxidative stress and draw out harmful pollutants.
—Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Ray also frets over air quality, as the massive diesel generators that help power the data centers' hardware send plumes of toxic pollutants into the atmosphere.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Much of the formaldehyde outdoors is also spontaneously formed from other pollutants.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
First, remove pollutants and their source.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
The agency’s sprawling assessment shows that, among scores of individual air pollutants, formaldehyde poses the greatest cancer risk — by far.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
Among other things, the shell-opening behavior is an indicator of the mollusks' biological rhythms, daily growth, egg-laying cycles, daily agitation and other factors which are affected to varying degrees by pollutants.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
The amika antioxidant shampoo delivers a healthy dose of sea buckthorn and natural plant extracts that protect your hair from oxidative stress and draw out harmful pollutants.
—Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Ray also frets over air quality, as the massive diesel generators that help power the data centers' hardware send plumes of toxic pollutants into the atmosphere.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Much of the formaldehyde outdoors is also spontaneously formed from other pollutants.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
First, remove pollutants and their source.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
The agency’s sprawling assessment shows that, among scores of individual air pollutants, formaldehyde poses the greatest cancer risk — by far.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Pollutants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollutants. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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