contaminated
Example Sentences
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"If the produce that I've been growing is contaminated in some way, hows it going to affect somebodies health. How is it going to affect my health?," she said.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Hantavirus is initially contracted by humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of a rodent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
For non-smokers, this came primarily from consuming contaminated food including breakfast cereals, bread, croissants and other pastries, biscuits, rice and potatoes, it said.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
It looks like a hotel, except the airflow in each room is designed to be negative pressure, which can help prevent contaminated air from leaving the room.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 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
