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They are encased and unlikely to leach into the soil.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

“Underground and in-situ leach mining operations are also less exposed to diesel supply risks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

However they said that their modelling study still does not take into account an array of other ways plastic could harm health, such as microplastics or chemicals that can leach out of food packaging.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Despite the benefits of plastic to almost every sector, scientists are particularly concerned about potentially toxic chemicals they contain, which can leach out as plastics break down into smaller pieces.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

She held him like that, willing him to leach warmth from her, willing his body to learn from the rhythm of her heartbeat, the steadiness of her breath.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Sometimes, the chemical “sauce” leaches out of plastic, a process that, research has shown, can be toxic.

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

Namely, local bull trout populations are struggling because the pond leaches groundwater away from Gold Creek itself.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

But in some places, fluoride leaches from rocks into the groundwater.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

"Then there are the pesticides for insects and fungicides for parasites. It is a monoculture which kills off biodiversity and leaches chemicals into our rivers."

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

If that fog leaches out of the jungle, or the monkeys return.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The material is then leached into a wine‑red liquid, filtered, evaporated and finally transformed into a fine white powder -- lithium.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

A carbon water filter can also reduce potential exposure to chemicals and pesticides that may have leached into your water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

The authors of the Communications Earth and Environment paper cite, for example, research showing hydrochloric acid emitted from solid rocket launches killing fish after it leached into nearby water.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

The research team demonstrated in a study published last year, that chemicals were leached from microplastics into human sweat.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024

The vegetables were small and withered, the flowers leached of their color, confusing the birds and the bees.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

The chemical is essential in the leaching process of copper, which involves extracting the metal from copper ore.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

Plastic cigarette filters are the world's most littered item, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment and breaking down into microplastics -- while doing very little for the smoker, the secretariat said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

That makes them significantly better at leaching copper from ore than conventional methods using acids, which often only capture up to half of the metal contained in the rock, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

This unusual imbalance suggested that liquid water had once seeped through the rocks, effectively leaching lutetium out of them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

And was his conscience not needling him, leaching some of the sweetness from his victory?

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer