contaminated
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This organism can cause a rare but extremely deadly brain infection when contaminated water enters the nose, often during swimming or other recreational water activities.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
The parents of a 3-year-old girl who experienced acute kidney failure after eating contaminated beef at The Kebab Shop in Costa Mesa also filed a lawsuit against the restaurant chain and Olympia Foods.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Paul Doherty, of Culmore Road, admitted seven charges between 2007 and 2013 relating to the contaminated dump and was sentenced to one year in prison.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“All of California’s native biodiversity go into that contaminated hive,” he said, and can be killed off as well.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to their own kind?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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