contaminant
Definition
Biological, chemical, physical, or radiological substance (normally absent in the environment) which, in sufficient concentration, can adversely affect living organisms through air, water, soil, and/or food.
contaminant is in the Environment & Pollution Control, HACCP & Food Industry and Material & Occupational Safety subjects.
contaminant appears in the definitions of the following terms:
environmental engineering,
reverse osmosis,
pre-treatment of wastewater,
chemical oxygen demand (COD),
chemically pure,
biological treatment,
bioremediation,
impurity,
biological oxygen demand (BOD),
chlorination
and
contaminant appears in the other terms: food contaminant, maximum contaminant level, biological contaminants
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