Sentence examples for legacy contamination from inspiring English sources

Dealing with legacy contamination from decades past is the biggest challenge facing the river.

"We get it from legacy contamination or food that comes from countries using DDT".

The DEP assumed responsibility for the NRC license and legacy contamination.

This suggested relatively widespread lead exposure, from either the small number of remaining recycling households or legacy contamination.

In spite of improvements, lead exposure was still substantial and probably associated with continued home-based recycling, legacy contamination, and workplace take-home exposure pathways.

This so-called legacy contamination came from old lead-based paint as well as decades of residue from leaded gasoline and other sources, similar to other cities.

Contamination of these re-suspended sediments with legacy contaminants, including dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs), as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is of great ecotoxicological concern.

"And let me tell you," he added, "I am committed to making sure that we continue to clean up the cold war legacy of contamination on this land".

But people in town can be forgiven for thinking that sitting atop a toxic plume and living with a long legacy of contamination give a sense of urgency that the company and the state environmental officials don't share.

With gold prices at record highs, companies are scouring the earth for every last deposit, and a run of new mines in Central America, particularly in Guatemala and Honduras, as well as a legacy of contamination from old ones is making the region a focal point for the fight.

Column experiments were conducted to experimentally simulate the initial conditions at a field site where legacy As contamination was caused by application of arsenolite as a herbicide to the soil.