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They are encased and unlikely to leach into the soil.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

“Underground and in-situ leach mining operations are also less exposed to diesel supply risks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

However they said that their modelling study still does not take into account an array of other ways plastic could harm health, such as microplastics or chemicals that can leach out of food packaging.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

They found the most heavily contaminated nurdles were those burnt in the fire, which leach metals toxic to aquatic life, like arsenic, lead, cadmium, copper, cobalt and nickel.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

The black orb on top seemed to leach the color right out of the air.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Sometimes, the chemical “sauce” leaches out of plastic, a process that, research has shown, can be toxic.

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

Namely, local bull trout populations are struggling because the pond leaches groundwater away from Gold Creek itself.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

But in some places, fluoride leaches from rocks into the groundwater.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

"The AOM produce either nitrate, which leaches into groundwater and surrounding bodies of water, causing eutrophication, or nitrous oxide, which is a powerful greenhouse gas."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

If that fog leaches out of the jungle, or the monkeys return.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The material is then leached into a wine‑red liquid, filtered, evaporated and finally transformed into a fine white powder -- lithium.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

A carbon water filter can also reduce potential exposure to chemicals and pesticides that may have leached into your water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

The smell of incense — a combination of frankincense and myrrh — leached from every corner of the space, creating a somewhat soporific effect.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

The recycling technique developed there leached nearly 100% of the cobalt and lithium from the cathode without introducing impurities in the system.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The chemical is essential in the leaching process of copper, which involves extracting the metal from copper ore.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

Plastic cigarette filters are the world's most littered item, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment and breaking down into microplastics -- while doing very little for the smoker, the secretariat said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

That makes them significantly better at leaching copper from ore than conventional methods using acids, which often only capture up to half of the metal contained in the rock, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

This unusual imbalance suggested that liquid water had once seeped through the rocks, effectively leaching lutetium out of them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

It's as if the leaves are actually leaching the pain right out of the sting.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins