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Heat also fuels toxic algae blooms containing domoic acid, which contaminate the anchovy and sardine populations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Paiva also hopes to examine whether materials besides methane, including compounds released from spacecraft components such as paint and rubber, could contaminate scientifically important lunar sites.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

The farm screens each batch for four types of bacteria: salmonella, E. coli, campylobacter and listeria, all of which thrive in the intestines of cattle and can contaminate milk through microscopic flecks of infected feces.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

In a statement Mid Ulster Council said: "Decomposing remains can spread disease, attract vermin, and contaminate land and water, and this kind of behaviour is a clear breach of environmental law."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

For the population as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly contaminate our world.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Cyclospora is a parasite that contaminates leafy greens, berries and herbs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

“If a worker contaminates lettuce, that lettuce will likely be eaten before it becomes infectious,” Todd said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The production of PFAS-coated pans also exposes factory workers to those chemicals, and the wastewater from factories like those are what contaminates waterways, landfills and, in some cases, farmland.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024

Water shortages are not new, but many countries, especially in the global south, are experiencing climate change-related intense drought and flooding that contaminates water sources.

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

No employer wants a clerk, or stenographer, or other employee about him who contaminates the atmosphere.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Eating food contaminated with salmonella usually leads to illness within 12 to 72 hours, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The findings, published in Nature Communications, could contribute to future research into using bacteria to help clean up environments contaminated with uranium.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Michigan health officials now believe that most people got sick in late June or early July, and that the contaminated lettuce is no longer available.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

On average, people exposed to cyclosporiasis — typically through contaminated food or water — start to feel sick seven days after exposure, but symptoms can take up to 14 days to appear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Leonard Hayflick had an especially personal connection with his cell line, WISH, which Gartler had listed as contaminated: he’d grown it using cells from the amniotic sac in which his unborn daughter had once floated.

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

Researchers found that methane released in spacecraft exhaust may spread across the moon surprisingly quickly, potentially contaminating regions that could preserve ancient chemical clues about how life first emerged on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Investigators eventually suspected that the bacteria were airborne and had infected people after contaminating the air conditioning system at the convention hotel.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The disaster unleashed toxic sludge into the Kafue River, contaminating land and leaving residents without clean water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

He told a press conference on Monday that it also posed health risks to troops by contaminating the water and fish, and could damage the coral reefs that help support the vessel's structural foundations.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

The latest outbreak was allegedly the result of human waste contaminating a local water supply in the central plateau.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French