contamination Label
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DefGEMET: Introduction into or onto water, air, soil or other media of microorganisms, chemicals, toxic substances, wastes, wastewater or other pollutants in a concentration that makes the medium unfit for its next intended use. (Source: TOE)
Contamination is the presence of an unwanted constituent, contaminant or impurity in a material, physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc. Contaminants are biological, chemical, physical or radiological substance (Wikipedia contributors. (2018, October 17). Contamination. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11:28, November 5, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contamination&oldid=864433134)
Part of speech
Noun (male)Base form
contaminationInflectionals
contamination, contaminationsCompound from
Compound in
- air contamination
- asbestos contamination
- bacterial contamination
- contamination of the environment
- environmental contamination
- food contamination
- glyphosate contamination
- groundwater contamination
- indoor air contamination
- lead contamination
- mercury contamination
- microbial contamination of drinking water
- microbial water contamination
- nitrate contamination
- petroleum-derived hydrocarbon contamination
- removal of radioactive contamination
- risk of groundwater contamination
- sediment contamination assessment
- source-water contamination
- water contamination
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Change Notes
Initial version
on 2007-02-11
Last change
Barbara Fock on 2020-12-27
