contaminates
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Water shortages are not new, but many countries, especially in the global south, are experiencing climate change-related intense drought and flooding that contaminates water sources.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
The other thing is that stress contaminates memory, so you can have two people in the same room telling completely opposite stories.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
Cobalt extraction creates hazardous working conditions and generates toxic waste that contaminates land, air, and water surrounding the mines.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
The district attorney’s letter noted that “new documentable scientific consensus emerged in 2020 that a witness’s memory for a suspect should be tested only once, as even the test itself contaminates the witness’s memory.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
The privy is filled with the excreta; the liquids drain into the adjacent ground, which becomes saturated, and contaminates the nearest wells and water courses.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
