soil pollution

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soil pollution (uncountable)

  2. The pollution of soil, for example by sewage or toxic chemicals.
    • 1913, Milton Joseph Rosenau, Preventive medicine and hygiene, D. Appleton and Company, published 1914, page 688:
      Hookworm disease is closely associated with the soil. It may fairly be considered an infection the result of soil pollution.
    • 2006, S. V. S. Rana, Environmental pollution: health and toxicology, Alpha Science International, Ltd., p. 89
      The major kinds of soil pollution are:
      • Acidification,
      • Salinisation and sodification,
      • Agrochemical pollution
      • Contamination by metalliferous water

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