industrial waste
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The couple have joined the Monsanto Contamination Action Group – which was set up for people in Wrexham who live in communities affected by historic industrial waste dumping.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
According to environmental campaigners, industrial waste is often shipped by Western countries to be processed in Asia and Africa, a global trade they estimate may be worth up to $82 billion a year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
This discovery points toward a circular system in which fluorine can be recovered from industrial waste instead of being lost through disposal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2025
The reason, he asserted, is that “fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
I have never known anyone who would even venture to stick his toe in its polluted brown waters, which seethe with sewage, industrial waste, and deadly insecticides.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
