contaminated
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France is mulling how to prevent people from ingesting too much of the heavy metal cadmium, after a warning their breakfast cereal and baguettes could be contaminated with the toxin.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Susie Dai, a researcher at Mizzou, recently created a modified strain of algae designed to capture harmful microplastics from contaminated water.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Hantavirus is a rare but deadly disease that attacks the lungs and is typically contracted by humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of a wild rodent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Hantaviruses mostly cause infections in people who are at high risk of exposure to the droppings, saliva and urine of infected rodents or contaminated dust.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
But the foul air was thick and oppressive, clinging to us as if anything new, clean, and fresh had to be contaminated by this noxious atmosphere or it wouldn’t survive.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
