contamination
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She also noted the risk of contamination and a lack of dosing standardization, which apply to all peptides people are buying online without prescriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Lisowska was fired for breaking health and safety rules in respect of food contamination.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
However, if it is a different new world strain, for example one called Sin Nombre, which only circulates in North America, contamination in South America can be ruled out.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
So how do they know if what they’re finding is in the sample or contamination from plastic fibers floating in the air?
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In Iitate, the town with the highest levels of contamination, the cleanup cost came to about $1.8 million per household—and that didn’t include the surrounding forests, which were impossible to clean.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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