decontaminate

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One email asked whether clinics could decontaminate rooms where people with measles had just been if the clinics were too small to follow the CDC’s recommendation to keep those rooms empty for two hours.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

That’s sent water treatment operators scrambling to find ways to decontaminate water supplies without breaking the bank.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

"You don't want to know what's in there. It's full of human waste and other garbage. We decontaminate immediately after each dive."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

This device, the researchers say, offers significant advantages in cost, simplicity, effectiveness and sustainability compared existing commercial options, giving users the ability to easily decontaminate water from nearby streams and rivers and make it drinkable.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

For morale purposes, Central Authority let it be known that they were able to decontaminate it, but what actually happened was that the spores lost their effectiveness within a few years of their original seeding.

From Shock Absorber by Dongen, H. R. van