contaminants

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If there were a statewide measure for commercial businesses, many would probably have to build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

By improving how scientists detect PAHs, methods like QuEChERS could help identify hidden contaminants, support safer food production, and reduce chemical waste in the lab.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Some contaminants can enter food from the environment, while others can form during high heat cooking methods such as heating, smoking, grilling, roasting, and frying.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

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 group encouraged researchers to use protective measures, like working under hoods with suction that pulled air and potential contaminants into a filtration system.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot