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The word "contamination" is a correct and usable word in written English
It can be used to describe a situation in which something is made impure or unsuitable by the addition of something undesirable. For example: "The contamination of the lake by chemicals has caused an ecological disaster."
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contamination
noun
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
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Crucially, Snow examined that pump water expecting to see organic contamination.
Experts found "substantial contamination" here too, on chairs and a green fabric cover.
The two million barrels of oil pumped from the delta each day provide more than 90% of Nigeria's foreign income, but the delta communities have little to show for it beyond contamination and violence, with youths resorting to hostage-taking and extortion.
Campylobacter contamination was found in 64% of Tesco chicken.
The first set of results naming retailers over contamination was supposed to be published in June, but after pressure from other government departments, the FSA backed down.
After clearly inappropriate lobbying of the government, the Food Standards Agency decided not to name and shame the retailer[s] alongside levels of campylobacter contamination.
The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has admitted that a Tesco director who is also a former head of the Food Standards Agency contacted the government this summer to argue against FSA plans to publish food poisoning contamination rates for chicken in each supermarket chain.
We already knew that water provision alone couldn't break the cycle of faecal-oral disease transmission because open defecation, poor hygiene, and poorly built latrines are the main sources of faecal contamination in the environment and water, and the real reasons why diarrhoeal diseases persist despite advances in water provision.
The Matsés issued a statement ratifying their decision and alluding to "serious social and environmental contamination" caused by oil operations in other parts of Peru, and the "continued use of contaminating practices" and "little will to remedy environmental damages".
The staff include five experts, who check Erdoğan's food for poisoning or contamination.
The suits are also uncomfortable to wear in hot climates and risk contamination when they are taken off.
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