contaminate

Our water system’s decentralized, fragmented nature, perhaps a bit like our electoral system, is a double-edged sword, inasmuch as its vulnerabilities are atomized—at least a single hacker can’t contaminate all the water in the country.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

These blooms can contaminate seafood and create significant health hazards for people who consume or come into contact with affected marine environments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

The illness is caused by a parasite, cyclospora, that can contaminate food like salads, herbs and soft fruits.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The waste can also clog the aquatic vegetation where the fish would feed and breed, and contaminate the water on which they depend.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

He didn’t want to contaminate it with money.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Cyclospora is a parasite that contaminates leafy greens, berries and herbs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

“If a worker contaminates lettuce, that lettuce will likely be eaten before it becomes infectious,” Todd said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Like when I would talk to people, they would raise concerns about how the demolition contaminates the ground around them.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

He said other contaminates — food waste, dyes, adhesives, etc. — could also potentially cause problems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024

Now you see how evil companionship contaminates a man!

From Mixed Faces by Roy Norton

The relatively small sample means the findings cannot yet establish how radioactive particles behave throughout the entire contaminated region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

He said the authority needed to immediately publish a plan to investigate and clean up any contaminated land.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

After our office was cleared, we were all sent home, only to be told to return the next day to drop off our contaminated clothes in trash bags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Yuan said she’d dealt with years of chronic health issues and believed her dad’s death last September was due to some of the contaminated water he ingested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

As he paddled, he noticed that the water was growing more contaminated.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

In the 1920s, a modest mercury mine grew into a large open-pit operation, contaminating the watershed with the toxic metal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The disaster unleashed toxic sludge into the Kafue River, contaminating land and leaving residents without clean water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The move comes amid evidence the poisons are killing songbirds, which like to feather their nests with dog and cat hair, as well as contaminating rivers, killing aquatic life.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Microplastics and nanoplastics are widely known for contaminating oceans, rivers, and farmland.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

The latest outbreak was allegedly the result of human waste contaminating a local water supply in the central plateau.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French