What is "contaminants"

Usage examples of "contaminants".

Metals and fossil fuels are nonrenewable, and the ability of Earth to absorb contaminants and by-products was already being strained by our present stable global population of 2,800,000,000.

And not only does it limit most contaminants at only two-tenths of one percent, but in combination with the pressed pea juice you discovered as a medium, the yields are thirty to forty percent above baseline.

In a 1945 study done in Wisconsin, "37 different chemicals were tested for their ability to prevent the growth of contaminants and still allow penicillin production in contaminated shake flask fermentations.

Of the chemicals tested, only borax and boric acid could be used at a level high enough to delay the growth of contaminants and still not interfere with penicillin production.

We identified dozens of contaminants, but none of them appear responsible.

Another thirty-six hours should see all industrial contaminants that Massarde hid away in the underground storage vaults destroyed.

Standora wasn't the best place for a newborn, not with the background contaminants from the facility, and not with the lack of dependent care facilities.

When exposure to unidentified foreign contaminants is suspected, defense protocol requires isolation of the affected tissue.

The missile had been designed to burst open with explosive bolts, so that any contaminants on its surface would be blown clear.

Lay the gate, Ruby, and we'll trade [untranslatable]… ever fishing for new contaminants in the rivercosm.

Worse than that, the insides of the main lines had become slightly pitted, providing a vast surface for the contaminants to grow on.

Just as the dust of their suits had shown no contaminants, neither did their bodies.