The phrase "acute contamination" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing environmental issues, health concerns, or any situation where contamination is severe or intense.
Example: "The acute contamination of the river has raised alarms among local residents and environmentalists."
Alternatives: "severe contamination" or "critical contamination".
The potential for fish populations to experience widespread and acute contamination from phytoestrogens is significant; undiluted plumes of pulp and paper mill effluent have been reported dozens of kilometers downstream from point sources [ 21].
Although the concentration used in this study is likely to occur in highly-polluted sites where frogs live and reproduce, a 24-hour exposure is more characteristic of acute contamination.
Grazing rates of 13 common shellfish species on Pseudo-nitzschia and detailed information on beach profiles and species assemblages in northern Hood Canal, Puget Sound, are being incorporated into an advection-diffusion model to determine the likelihood of acute contamination of the nearshore shellfish community and the potential risk to human harvesters and consumers.
But reliable correlations between animal data and human outcomes have proven elusive, particularly when it comes to showing an association between human exposures to environmental EDCs at ambient levels (that is, unrelated to spills or other acute contamination events) and adverse health effects.
They are caught between their duty to protect public health and the environment, and the fact that the risks presented by most of these properties pale in comparison to those associated with other, more acute contamination sites, such as lands near smelters or toxic waste dumps.
Contributing to this concern is the fact that it is not feasible to produce fuel ethanol under aseptic conditions, therefore chronic and acute contaminations are commonplace [ 2- 5].
Acute contaminations often lead to the accumulation of major inhibitory end-products such as acetic and lactic acid that inhibit yeast growth and, if left untreated, cause "stuck" fermentations [ 5, 11, 12].
The integration of biomarkers with sediment contamination, acute toxicity and benthic alteration parameters provides an "early warning" tool which not only indicates the environmental quality of an area, but also constitutes an advisory tool for potential ecological risks.
In another study authors carried out a serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) in kidneys from mice exposed to chronic or acute uranyl nitrate contamination [ 35, 36].
The greatest concern is the long-term effects of both acute and chronic contaminations that can cause diseases (cancer in various forms, rashes in children, etc).
"Heparin should not be contaminated, regardless of whether or not that contamination caused acute adverse events," Dr. Woodcock said.
