• Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for both...
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    Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or...
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    Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids...
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    pollution, litter, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, light pollution, and visual pollution...
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  • Interplanetary contamination refers to biological contamination of a planetary body by a space probe or spacecraft, either deliberate or unintentional...
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  • up contamination in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contamination is the presence of an unwanted constituent in another substance. Contamination may...
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    investigation into the health impacts of the contamination. A class-action lawsuit about the contamination was settled in 1996 on July 2nd for $333 million...
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  • In digital circuits, the contamination delay (denoted as tcd) is the minimum amount of time from when an input changes until any output starts to change...
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  • Telluric contamination is contamination of the astronomical spectra by the Earth's atmosphere. Most astronomical observations are conducted by measuring...
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    Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater. This...
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    Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, that has a negative impact on their...
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    Contamination control is the generic term for all activities aiming to control the existence, growth and proliferation of contamination in certain areas...
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    the design of an interplanetary mission, aiming to prevent biological contamination of both the target celestial body and the Earth in the case of sample-return...
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  • The Crawlers (also known as Troll 3, Creepers or Contamination .7) is a 1991 Italian horror film directed by Fabrizio Laurenti under the pseudonym Martin...
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    Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a form of groundwater pollution which is often due to naturally occurring high concentrations of arsenic in deeper...
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  • Contamination (a.k.a. Alien Contamination, Toxic Spawn or Larvae) is a 1980 science fiction-horror film directed by Luigi Cozzi and starring Ian McCulloch...
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    Situation or object that can cause damage Interplanetary contamination – Biological contamination of a planetary body by a space probe or spacecraft List...
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    (primarily plutonium, americium, and uranium) contamination within and outside its boundaries. The contamination primarily resulted from two major plutonium...
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    elevated lead levels. A pair of scientific studies confirmed that lead contamination was present in the water supply. The city switched back to the Detroit...
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  • The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. During that...
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  • Live at the Contamination Festival is a live album by Daylight Dies. It was recorded in January 2003 and released by Relapse Records in 2005. Production...
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    drawn. Impurities from the surface can easily reach shallow sources and contamination of the supply by pathogens or chemical contaminants needs to be avoided...
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  • was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to TCDD (a type of dioxin) contamination, formerly the largest civilian exposure to the compound in the history...
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  • Chemical contamination may refer to: The chemical hazards produced by the presence of a chemical The use of an adulterant The use of a chemical weapon...
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    A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient...
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    approximately half of atmospheric mercury emissions. Atmospheric mercury contamination in outdoor urban air at the start of the 21st century was measured at...
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    Vibrio cholerae), viruses, and protozoan parasites. Originally, fecal contamination was determined with the presence of coliform bacteria, a convenient...
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  • Contamination is a 1996 album by Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando. "Fall Away" "See You In Hell, Part 1 & 2 (Extended Mix)" "Head Down"...
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  • Juror misconduct is when the law of the court is violated by a member of the jury while a court case is in progression or after it has reached a verdict...
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    as bleaching agents in the paper and textile industries. Perchlorate contamination of food and water endangers human health, primarily affecting the thyroid...
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