The phrase "a notorious source of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is widely known for causing a particular issue or problem, often with a negative connotation.
Example: "The factory has become a notorious source of pollution in the area, affecting the health of local residents."
Alternatives: "a well-known cause of" or "a famous contributor to".
The sulfur present in low percentages in fossil fuels is a notorious source of air pollution in most industrial countries.
This month government ministries shot down an attempt to reform the licensing of businesses, a notorious source of corruption.
Mr Koizumi has already trimmed spending on public works, a notorious source of largesse for the ruling Liberal Democrats LDPP) and their allies in the construction industry.
Highway bills are a notorious source of rancid pork.Some state governments which face tighter fiscal constraints than the federal one are toying with ideas for letting the private sector take over stretches of highway.
Anrig: The tax-favored treatment of capital gains is a notorious source of complexity in the tax code, diverting the energies of highly paid accountants and lawyers into wasteful efforts to shelter the incomes of wealthy clients from taxes.
In the other quadrennial global sports competition, the Olympics, it is a notorious source of contention that the most celebrated events, such as the men's 100m final, tend to be scheduled at hours that fall within American TV peak-time.
It also produces 18% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, more than transport (cattle are notorious sources of methane, a greenhouse-gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide).Meanwhile, as poor countries grow richer, so does their appetite for flesh.
Not only would that liberate land, it would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions (cattle are notorious sources of methane, which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide).
The new code will update emission standards and focus on the most notorious sources of pollution like commercial cooking establishments.
Deep fried foods are notorious sources of free radicals, as the deep frying oil is continuously oxidized as it is heated.
His extraliterary enthusiasms are all over "The Ecstasy of Influence," which takes its name from a notorious defense of open sourcing that Lethem constructed from other people's work and published in Harper's.
