contaminate

Example Sentences

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I'm not surprised to see air pollution, it's why we're doing the experiment, but I can't escape a feeling of being dirtied, contaminated… sullied by it.

From BBC

Recalls dated to Friday also affected Croatia and Slovenia, according to an official EU portal listing the countries served by a Danone factory in Germany that used a contaminated ingredient.

From Barron's

The two bacteria are spread through contact with contaminated faeces, either directly through person-to-person transmission or indirectly from unclean food, water or surfaces.

From BBC

Thirty-six infants in the UK have had suspected food poisoning from contaminated baby formula.

From BBC

Cholera is an acute intestinal infection that spreads through food and water contaminated with the bacterium vibrio cholerae, often from faeces.

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