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• Fallout shelter
  ...nything within the line of sight to radiation, a significant [[radioactive contamination|hazard]]. A fallout shelter is designed to allow its occupants to minimize The gamma dose rate due to the contamination brought into the shelter on the clothing of a person is likely to be small
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• Nitrous oxide
  As with many strong oxidizers, contamination of parts with fuels have been implicated in rocketry accidents, where small ...s been seriously underestimated, most of which would presumably come under soil and oceanic release in the Environmental Protection Agency data.<ref>{{cite
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• Datura inoxia
  ...seed hibernation|hibernation]] capabilities, and can last for years in the soil. The seeds, as well as the entirety of this plant, are also [[hallucinogeni ...ium|cotton]], it is a pest in cotton fields. It is also a potential [[seed contamination|seed contaminant]].
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• Poison ivy
  ...r [[arid]] conditions. It grows in a wide variety of [[soil]] types, and [[soil pH]] from 6.0 (acidic) to 7.9 (moderately alkaline). It can grow in areas s ...as received more of the poison and reacted sooner than other areas or that contamination is still occurring from contact with objects to which the original poison w
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• Polyethylene terephthalate
  ...?doi=b517844b&JournalCode=EM|doi=10.1039/b517844b|format=free access|title=Contamination of Canadian and European bottled waters with antimony from PET containers|y
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• Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization Reactions
  ...house gas emission per pound of product, 4) less chemical contamination of soil, water, air and surrounding communities and 5) enhanced profitability due t
  14 KB (1,877 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Particle size distribution
  ...f> PSD is also known as '''grain size distribution'''.<ref>Sivakugan N, ''Soil Classification'', James Cook University Geoengineering lecture handout, 200 ...ial in the agricultural industry, as handling of food products can lead to contamination. Photoanalysis equipment and software is currently being used in mining, f
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• Vermiculite
  *[[soil conditioner]] *soil additive for plants, together with [[perlite]] for potted plants
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• Dust
  ...[[textiles|textile fibers]], [[paper|paper fibres]], minerals from outdoor soil, and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.<ref A dust resistant [[surface]] is a state of prevention against dust contamination or damage, by a [[Engineering|design]] or treatment of [[material]]s and it
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• Permeable paving
  ...ous surface|impervious]] and infiltrates the [[stormwater]] through to the soil below. The [[infiltration (hydrology)|infiltration]] capacity of the native soil is a key design consideration for determining the depth of base rock for st
  17 KB (2,512 words) - 10:23, 20 September 2010
• Concrete
  ...off [[impervious surface]]s, such as non-porous concrete, can cause heavy soil erosion. [[Urban runoff]] tends to pick up [[gasoline]], [[motor oil]], [[h ...l products to prevent product spoilage. One method of keeping controlling contamination is through 2nd Generation [[ATP test]].<ref>http://www.luminultra.com/dmdoc
  63 KB (9,167 words) - 10:23, 20 September 2010
• Trifluralin
  ...efer. 1997. Environmental fate of trifluralin. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 153: 65-90.</ref> ...ide by reduced soil minerals, which in turn had been previously reduced by soil microorganisms as electron acceptors in the absence of oxygen. This enviro
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• Dry cleaning
  Dry cleaning uses non-water-based solvents to remove soil and stains from clothes. The potential for using [[petroleum]]-based solven ...modern tumble dryers exhausts. This not only contributed to environmental contamination, but also much potentially reusable perc was lost to the atmosphere. Much s
  22 KB (3,351 words) - 21:30, 20 September 2010
• Manganese
  ...e|pages = 249–253|url = http://books.google.com/?id=j-Xu07p3cKwC}}</ref> Soil contains 7–9000&nbsp;ppm of manganese with an average of 440&nbsp;ppm.<re ...ely neutralize the greenish tinge in glass caused by trace amounts of iron contamination.<ref name="ItGlass">{{cite journal|doi = 10.1007/s11837-998-0024-0|title =
  44 KB (6,128 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2010
• Asbestos
  ...es'', May/June 2007.</ref> The [[USGS]] studied [[amphibole]]s in rock and soil in the area in response to an EPA sampling study and subsequent criticism o ...lite]]. The county monitored air quality at construction sites, controlled soil taken from affected areas, and required freshly developed sites to lay {{co
  77 KB (11,403 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2010
• Benzene
  ...proximately 100,000 different sites which have benzene soil or groundwater contamination. In 2005, the water supply to the city of [[Harbin]] in China with a popula [[Category:Soil contamination]]
  45 KB (6,444 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Arsenic
  ...mineral and ores as well as groundwater. It is also found in food, water, soil and air.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/CSEM/arsenic/d ...and implications for soil remediation. Proceedings, 16th World Congress of Soil Science, Montpellier, France. 20–26. Aug. Available online: http://soils.
  51 KB (7,314 words) - 21:34, 20 September 2010
• Cadmium
  ...hese tools (along with routine tool testing programs to detect any cadmium contamination) from the A-12/SR-71 and U-2 programs, and subsequent aircraft programs usi [[Category:Soil contamination]]
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• Lead poisoning
  ...e.g. laws that ban lead in products or reduce allowable levels in water or soil). ...ef> Lead exposure can occur from contact with lead in air, household dust, soil, water, and commercial products.<ref name="Rossi09"/>
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• Mining
  ...om/2009/01/gold/larmer-text/6 Logging of forests and debris dumping]</ref> Contamination resulting from leakage of chemicals can also affect the health of the local
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