adulterant

Example Sentences

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Just as we warn people about tainted lettuce or contaminated eye drops, we need to warn them about dangerous adulterants or new drugs in an illicit drug supply already killing hundreds of Americans every day.

From Scientific American

If there was about one part of lead to chromium, it was a dead giveaway that the adulterant was being used.

From Salon

In early March, county health officials initially said they weren’t sure whether the deadly adulterant had begun appearing on the streets of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

But in the last few years, the drug has also turned into something else: a cheap, addictive adulterant to illicit fentanyl that is contributing to the rise in overdose deaths around the country.

From New York Times

In contrast, fluorescence fingerprints rely on a food's chemical composition, so identifying the presence of adulterants can happen even in highly processed samples.

From Salon