How to Use contaminant in a Sentence

contaminant

noun
  • The soil layer should be thick enough to filter contaminants formed by the decaying body.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Reverse osmosis filters work by forcing water through a membrane that traps contaminants.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
  • But certain stubborn sulfur molecules tend to bypass this process altogether and these contaminants find their way into our gas tanks.
    Anton Alexandrovich Toutov, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2019
  • This product is also third-party tested for contents and contaminants by NSF.
    Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
  • State regulators have been working to require public water systems to test for and clean up three contaminants linked with long-term health risks, such as severe kidney and liver damage.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Kids will have a chance to look at three different types of water contaminates and use different scientific tools like scales and pH strips to test those contaminants.
    Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2019
  • There is a risk, however, that some contaminants from this process would cause problems when the material is reincorporated into batteries.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The contaminants travel through the stalk of the plant into the leaves and flowers.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The agency ordered the cities to test the parks for contaminants that could pose a risk to public health and wildlife.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • On the first night, temperatures in the teens and very light winds would have kept airborne contaminants close to the ground over the town.
    Jill Neimark, STAT, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The cap will be installed at the site to prevent the contaminants from spreading.
    Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Even loose dirt left on one’s boots from a trip to a farm can be a source of contaminants to the local flora and fauna.
    Erica Kasper, WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • The city is using a computer model to track the movement of the plume of contaminant through the river.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
  • All the contaminants remain on the other side of the cell, where they can be collected and disposed of.
    IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
  • Wastewater plants are not equipped to deal with this kind of contaminant, according to the study.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 24 July 2023
  • In lab tests, Semprini found that the beads removed more than 99% of the contaminants.
    oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2020
  • In the clean rooms, magnets are finished with the help of robots, such as this blue one in the foreground, to remove contaminants.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023
  • The system pumps water through the membrane, whose tiny pores allow the water to pass through, but trap the PFAS and other contaminants.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
  • So the team also wanted to see whether the reaction would still work if there were contaminants.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The smoke pouring from the stacks, and clouds of contaminants were both going into Norwood and settling there back into the 1940s.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Each bottle seals tight and is designed to keep the product fresh, potent, and contaminant-free.
    Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • It is believed that much of the contaminant already made its way through the Wixom treatment plant by the time the release was discovered.
    Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2022
  • And the industry’s contaminants in the Bay Area have rendered a number of sites toxic.
    Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • In what contaminant the benzene is present was still unclear.
    Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2021
  • There’s a chance the team will find chick numbers are dropping in waters with higher levels of the contaminant.
    Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2021
  • To capture more dust and other airborne contaminants, use one with at least a 1000 MPR.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2024
  • These were in the days prior to masks, distancing, vaccines, and the knowledge that this virus is spread both as a droplet and airborne contaminant.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Water was pumped out of the affected creeks, the EPA said, and dams were constructed to mitigate the spread of contaminants.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Their bottles are easy to pack away and can filter out 99.9% of harmful contaminants in most water sources.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Some people try to rapidly thaw a large bird with running water, but this increases the likelihood the turkey’s center will remain ice-cold while its exterior becomes a breeding ground for contaminants.
    Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024

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