The phrase "and pollutants in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing environmental issues, health, or scientific studies where pollutants are being referenced in relation to a specific subject.
Example: "The study focused on the effects of industrial waste and pollutants in a nearby river."
Alternatives: "and contaminants in a" or "and toxins in a".
In 2005, the Environmental Working Group tested the umbilical cords of 10 babies from different U.S. hospitals and found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in their blood, including a number of pesticides.
The build-up of toxins and pollutants in seabirds is also a concern.
At a minimum, these can be used to rank the sources and pollutants in segments and provide an index for potential "high-end" or "low-end" exposure.
Accurate assessment of the fate of salts, nutrients, and pollutants in natural, heterogeneous soils requires a proper quantification of both spatial and temporal solute spreading during solute movement.
"The detection of contaminants and pollutants in air and water is a rapidly expanding area, and new developments will stay fruitful for a long time," Johnson says.
This paper describes a program designed to evaluate the interrelationships between the microbial community and pollutants in the New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, area, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated Superfund site.
WEOM is a very important component of soil because it is responsible for the mobilization and translocation of many elements and pollutants in the soil environment and plays a crucial role in the biogeochemistry of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), mineral weathering as well as pedogenesis.
In 2001 2002, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) looked for, and found, 148 synthetic chemicals and pollutants in the blood and urine of a representative sample of the U.S. civilian population (CDC 2005).
Among controls, 66% said heredity contributes "a lot" compared with 42% of cases (P < 0.01); 57% of controls and 60% of cases said "chemicals and pollutants in the air or water" contribute "a lot" (P < 0.05).
