Sentence examples for contaminate from inspiring English sources

Frack-Free Upton believe the toxic chemicals, methane gas and other pollutants produced during exploration drilling will contaminate the water supply.

It will be the next step in a battle between the company and the surrounding farmers who say the 268m tonne coal mine on the ridge above the Liverpool Plains in NSW could contaminate prime agricultural land and the groundwater below it.

The campaigners fear genes from GM wheat will escape into the wild and contaminate conventional wheat crops.

Fracking remains controversial among environmentalists, who say the process may contaminate groundwater or cause earthquakes.

And should the containment vessel spring a leak, then some of the water, containing radioactive debris, may flow out and contaminate other parts of the site.

All over the world, oil spills regularly contaminate coasts.Special report Troubled waters Scramble for the seabed The curse of carbon More abused than used Plenty more fish in the sea?

The power to detain suspected foreign terrorists without trial, granted in 2001, is a legal embarrassment that threatens to contaminate the rest of the judicial system.

Previously, MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) was the oxygenate of choice, but fell out of favour in 2004 when it was found to contaminate ground water.

A lot of the treated water flows into the sea, and what is reused is still dirty enough to contaminate ground water; this has forced the closure of some wells.

"We want to use the oil wealth in ways such that it doesn't contaminate the rest of the economy," says Márcio Zimmermann, the energy minister.Brazilians thus face a choice in October.

To make a flu vaccine, the virus must be grown on fertilised chicken eggs without allowing the growth of any other organisms that might contaminate the product.