Sentence examples for decades in the environment from inspiring English sources

Tritium dissolves in water, persists for decades in the environment and can cause cancer.

PCB's persist for decades in the environment and can be taken up by fish and other organisms.

There is evidence that the agent may remain infectious over years, if not decades, in the environment [ 38, 39].

During the last few decades in the environment heavy metals level has been seriously increased mainly due to human activities.

In any case, a decade, or two decades, in the byzantine environment of the Russian power elite can have its own effect on a person.

But there are some big question marks about whether the "zombie mines"—a phrase Sandlos uses to describes mines that are no longer active but still exhibit life-like characteristics will stay frozen forever, especially given we have no idea how climate change will manifest in coming decades in the highly volatile environment of the North.

Our genetics haven't changed over these past decades, but the environment we live in has! Cities have become "obesogenic environments", with cars, escalators and elevators limiting daily physical activity to a minimum.

The chemicals, which have similar structures, accumulate in body fat and take decades to break down in the environment.

Scientists have known for decades that certain bacteria in the environment alter metal compounds in ways that make the metals more bioaccessible to humans.

Despite nearly two decades in an environment where winning is the name of the game, Huchthausen said she is most proud of creating an open, inclusive atmosphere within America East.

"Can we be so sure that the skill set picked up over eight years in a state Capitol is inferior as presidential preparation to two decades in the pompous, cordoned-off environment of the U.S. Senate?" Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor of Governing magazine, asked recently in Newsweek.