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Coal mines often leach dangerous chemicals like arsenic into waterways and are required to strictly monitor pollution discharge and keep it under certain limits.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

When old records make it to a landfill, they’re not only likely to outlive the site, but can also leach plasticizers, a Keele University report found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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

Nuton has funded the mine’s restart, including building a new heap leach pad that is the size of about 140 football fields and wired with thousands of sensors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 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

These values indicate that only a small portion of the total contaminants actually leaches out under conditions mimicking oral contact.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2025

High in phosphorus, it can become a problem when excess nutrients from animal manure leaches into rivers and groundwater.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

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

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

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 smell of incense — a combination of frankincense and myrrh — leached from every corner of the space, creating a somewhat soporific effect.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

The harmful pollutant has leached into water in many parts of the valley from sources including fertilizers, dairies and septic tanks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

Their union was leached of passion, but there was a new passion, outside of themselves, that united them in an intimacy they had never had before, an unfixed, unspoken, intuitive intimacy: Barack Obama.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic ends up in landfills where it can take centuries to decompose, leaching out chemicals during that time, Deeney said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Audience trust is leaching away fast and Brits are increasingly refusing to pay up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 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

His hair didn’t look quite so dark, as if the color was leaching out.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan