As in, politics today breeds a "partisan reflex" in its practitioners, which in turn pollutes the tone.
In Ar Raqqah, many displaced farmers talk about wells running dry, and turning polluted.
Many archaeological and historic sites, as well as Native American tribal lands, now lie submerged under reservoirs for the CVP, which has received heavy criticism for promoting high-water-demand irrigated industrial farming that in turn has polluted rivers and groundwater.
The Gowanus has been turned murky, polluted, and even carcinogenic by decades of combined sewer overflow (CSO) and dumping; on the bottom of the canal sits a layer of gunk that Gowanus aficionados call "ten feet of black mayonnaise".
In turn, these highly polluted soils induce strong emissions of Hg(g), with concentrations of up to 970 ng Hg m− 3.
Nor are officials who turn a blind eye to polluting industries, unless they cause big accidents or trigger unrest.
But a quiet upheaval is turning that river, polluted as it may be, into a front line of reclamation.
When I got up to leave, I looked out the window and noticed an abandoned pond turned to a polluted swamp.
It also bothered some curators that Arnett had paid artists stipends: wasn't he polluting the creative process by turning outsiders into professionals?
