Synonym: befoulment, contamination, defilement. Similar words: evolution, resolution, revolutionary, execution, collection, institution, distribution, prosecution. Meaning: [pə'luːʃn] n. 1. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities 2. the state of being polluted 3. the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.
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241. Indeed, that is what all pollution control is about - people paying to live in a cleaner environment.
242. The agency has promised action on the pollution problem for years, but nothing has happened.
243. They could also find themselves having to pay to clean up pollution on sites they have bought.
244. A spokesman for Greenpeace said that industrial pollution appeared to be the most likely cause.
245. Many of them also presumed it to be the result, directly or indirectly, of air pollution.
246. Much more obvious is air pollution[Sentencedict], the ugly brown cloud that brings on smog alerts and leaves residents wheezing.
247. Findings include: Some 600 million people live in urban areas where the average level of sulphur dioxide pollution endangers their lives.
248. The pollution is worst during winter, when thermal inversions trap the warmer polluted air above the city.
249. The plan will need clearance from the Inspectorate of Pollution.
250. Local environmentalists had speculated whether heavy pleasure boat and fishing craft use of the lake might have resulted in lead pollution.
251. Fields will be surrounded by barrier strips to prevent phosphate, nitrate, and pesticide pollution of water-courses.
252. In both agencies pollution control is administered from headquarters by an independent department.
253. The oil companies accuse villagers of breaching the pipes to steal the fuel or to claim compensation for the resulting pollution.
254. It will not be fussy about the coal it burns, and will do so more thoroughly, producing little pollution.
255. A watercourse viewed primarily as an effluent carrier will be thought better able to tolerate further pollution.
256. Wind power should also be relatively cheaper in the long term, as the pollution costs of fossil fuels rise.
257. Air pollution and energy conservation aside, private vehicles also come under attack when we consider rural and urban environments.
258. Whales and seals that are washed up dead on our coasts have nothing to do with pollution.
259. But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.
260. Test results showed air pollution in Darlington was well below recommended safety levels.
261. Concern for air pollution focused exclusively upon visible emissions, especially smoke.
262. Urban environments imply low air quality very high levels of light pollution, and serious obscuration of the sky by tall buildings.
263. Policies such as effluent charges for sources of air and water pollution are One possibility.
264. Heavy industry was developed along the north coast, without any consideration of chemical, atmospheric and environmental pollution.
265. Nylon was chosen for its strength and its resistance to extremes of temperature and atmospheric pollution.
266. The proposal was designed to alleviate growing problems of congestion and pollution.
267. The worst pollution is at sites near outlets from industrial potato washing units and fish and chip shops.
268. Similar human error surfaces in other air pollution disasters such as at Seveso and Bhopal.
269. One would liquidate itself over time by paying claims, much of it to cover pollution and asbestos exposures.
270. For humans, the chemical pollution threatens our fertility, intelligence and our very survival as a species, the environmentalists say.
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