contaminants

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And more than 70 had faced formal enforcement action in the past five years by the EPA for violations such as emitting contaminants above regulatory limits and failing to properly track facilities’ pollution.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The FDA said that most samples that were tested—which included powdered, liquid concentrate, and ready-to-feed formula products—showed undetectable or very low levels of contaminants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The claimants allege that J&J was aware as early as the 1960s that its talcum power contained contaminants linked to cancers.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Precision agriculture depends on large networks of sensors that continuously track soil conditions such as moisture, nutrients and contaminants.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Such materials, present as contaminants in water that also contains chemicals, may actually change the nature of the chemicals by the impact of ionizing radiation, rearranging their atoms in unpredictable ways to create new chemicals.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson