Examples of pollutant in a Sentence

filtered the pollutants out of the water

Recent Examples on the Web Such systems cannot remove nitrogen, the main pollutant of concern. — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022 In some cases, their equipment measured this small particulate pollutant at nearly twice the levels picked up by the corresponding EPA system. — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2022 Yet industry watchdogs like Marcie Keever at environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth caution that LNG is merely a distraction and yet another significant pollutant. — CNN, 21 Apr. 2022 Air quality in the West barely meets the EPA’s standard for one type of air pollutant. — NBC News, 22 Mar. 2022 Other speakers said the county should install methane capture systems at landfills, noting that reducing methane, a short-term but potent climate pollutant, can have immediate benefits in slowing climate change. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022 Ozone is not an equal opportunity pollutant—some plants are highly susceptible to the toxic gas and others less so. — Jim Robbins, Wired, 16 Oct. 2021 It’s a pollutant emitted by cars, power plants, and refineries. — Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022 Levels of particulate matter, a pollutant made of tiny particles of dust, dirt, and smoke, among other things, were ten times higher than in the community less than 10 miles north up the highway elsewhere in San Diego County. — Time, 24 Feb. 2022 See More

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