pollution
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Supporters say it would also help combat air pollution, rail traffic, climate effects and other environmental consequences from coal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mold can cause different reactions in different people, and how it has the impacts it does isn’t completely understood, said Mark Mendell, former air pollution research specialist at the California Department of Public Health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
One is fish-killing pollution from farmlands’ fertilizer and pesticide runoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It is a centuries-old tradition in Wales, but coracle fishers on a major river have said pollution has meant there are "no fish" left.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A ripple of clean fresh water spread out from the break, as if all the pollution in the bay were being dissolved.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing pollution
Africa - Introductory
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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