Sentence examples for substance pollutant from inspiring English sources

Brownfields are defined in the statute as "real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant" (Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2001).

Experts say his illness, diagnosed as pulmonary fibrosis, is a rare and little-understood disease, which, depending on a variety of factors — genetics, for instance — can conceivably be caused by modest exposure to certain toxic substances or pollutants.

In this review, special emphasis is given to their use as biomaterials, biosensors, biological targets, drug delivery systems, implants, chromatographic supports for biomolecule purification and analysis, and adsorbents for toxic substances and pollutants.

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely used to develop fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensors to detect biological substances, environmental pollutants, and disease markers due to their superior quenching capacity to fluorescence signals.

Here we present a microfluidic device hosting a perfluorinated microporous membrane with refractive index similar to that of water, which enables the combination of filtration and label-free sensing of adsorbing substances, mainly pollutants, in environmental water samples.

The interest in the flapping-wing technique [29, 30] is growing recently due to the fact, that the developments in micro-technology permit people to think about building very small and highly manoeuvrable micro-aircraft that could be used for search and rescue missions or to detect harmful substances or pollutants in areas that are not accessible by or too dangerous for humans.

Superfund programs address threats posed by abandoned industrial sites, city landfills, and military depots contaminated by hazardous substances and pollutants that have been linked to higher cancer risks and other diseases; the popular Brownfields program, meanwhile, helps towns and cities redevelop former industrial sites.

These various interactions between humic substances and pollutants are important in governing their fate and movement in natural water systems, and, for this reason, a detailed understanding of the mechanisms of the interaction is important.

UGTs are localized in the liver and in all ports of entry of chemicals, including the epithelial surfaces of the nasal mucosa, the gut, skin, white blood cells and lung [ 58], and they probably play a pivotal role in eliminating synthetic substances and pollutants.

The current special issue contains selected papers from the meeting focused on molecular and microbial techniques and processes of importance for substance cycling and pollutant removal in wetlands.

Rios et al. (1993) presented a review of research on biologic susceptibility of minority populations to environmental pollutants that may result from genetic makeup, occupation, pre-existing health conditions, exposure to mixtures of pollutants, substance abuse, unemployment, and other social inequalities in health care, education, and political power.