contamination

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In the last week the BBC has visited all the 14 existing inland river locations which were tested by the Environment Agency last year for contamination from bacteria linked to human and animal faeces.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

France is mulling two ways to help: testing people to get a better measure of how widespread contamination is, and regulating fertilisers to limit new cadmium entering soils.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

She also noted the risk of contamination and a lack of dosing standardization, which apply to all peptides people are buying online without prescriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

So how do they know if what they’re finding is in the sample or contamination from plastic fibers floating in the air?

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

For younger samples–those under twenty thousand years or so–slight contamination does not always matter so much, but for older samples it can be a serious problem because so few remaining atoms are being counted.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson