| English |
| environmental contamination |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
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| Grammatical label |
Uncountable
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| Definition |
The presence of hazardous substances in the environment. From the public health perspective, environmental contamination is addressed when it potentially affects the health and quality of life of people living and working near the contamination.
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| Definition source |
ATSDR
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| Context |
The term “contaminants” traditionally covers substances which are not intentionally added to food. They can be the result of environmental contamination; they also can result from agricultural practices, production, processing, storage, packaging, transport or from fraudulent practices.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Generic concept |
Contamination (En.)
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| Coordinate concept |
Chemical contamination, Background contamination, Microbiological contamination, Radioactive contamination
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| Related concept |
Contaminant (En.), Eco-system
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| fr |
Contamination de l’environnement
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| it |
Contaminazione ambientale
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| Reliability code |
3
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