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

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

But when that fertilizer leaches into a nearby lake, it spawns lethal algae blooms, contaminates drinking water and kills plants and fish.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

"We know from firsthand experience the damage that can be caused by uranium mining and processing that contaminates our water and poisons our animals and our children."

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2023

Gas has certainly proved itself a very useful and comparatively inexpensive illuminating power, but in many ways it contaminates the atmosphere, is injurious to health, and destructive to the furniture and fittings of our homes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various