pollution
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In each of these systems, cells can become senescent due to factors such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, DNA damage, chronic inflammation, metabolic stress, telomere shortening, ultraviolet radiation, and environmental pollution.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
It also contributes to air pollution in Houston and haze as far away as Arkansas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
You have to be careful and check there hasn't been any sewage discharge on the day or soon before and you should be fine but there will always be a baseline level of pollution.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Others cling to the possibility that the fishing trade on the Congo will survive the pollution.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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