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a filter to remove contaminants from the drinking water
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Personal air monitors won't tell you what toxic contaminants are in the air.
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The contaminants in the burn scars may pose a threat for years.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
This means that pathogens and other contaminants can enter water lines.
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Socioeconomic disparities in exposures to PFAS and other unregulated industrial drinking water contaminants in U.S. public water systems.
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Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
The contaminants in the burn scars may pose a threat for years.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
This means that pathogens and other contaminants can enter water lines.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
Socioeconomic disparities in exposures to PFAS and other unregulated industrial drinking water contaminants in U.S. public water systems.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Contaminant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contaminant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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contaminant
noun
con·tam·i·nant
kən-ˈtam-ə-nənt 
: something that contaminates
Medical Definition
contaminant
noun
con·tam·i·nant
kən-ˈtam-ə-nənt
: something that contaminates
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