Sentence examples for were pollution from inspiring English sources
noun
The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances.
- Nobody visits the river any more because of all the pollution.
Everyone knew there were pollution externalities.
Ten years ago, the greatest threat to reefs were pollution from rivers and eruptions of coral-eating starfish.
The guide, Orville Edwards, 26, said the biggest threats to trees in New York were pollution and cars knocking them over.
The culprits were pollution and poor sanitation, she suspects.
Also dented were pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from transportation.
Other causes of climate change and variability cited by respondents were pollution of major oceans (through ship transportation), use of pesticides and insecticides (as a result of land surface run-off), and God's plan.
But SEPA's website still shows a little-reported speech by Mr Pan in 2006 in which he said cancer experts believed that 70% of China's more than 2m annual deaths from the disease were pollution-related.
The glaring exception is pollution.
Another factor is pollution.
The problem is pollution".
