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Residues from burnt waste can also pollute surface and groundwater, leading to long-term land contamination.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

Residues are residualamounts of substances that are used in the production of food.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

Residues from an Upper Palaeolithic site in the Pontic steppe in eastern Europe show ancient people pounded tubers before they ate them.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2022

Residues can be large or small, weakly acidic or basic, hydrophilic or hydrophobic, positively or negatively charged, or neutral.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Residues on fruits and vegetables tend to be somewhat less.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson