Vocabulary Term Details

Contamination

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contamination)

Contamination is the presence of a minor and unwanted constituent (contaminant) in a material, in a physical body, in the natural environment. (Wikipedia)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
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Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Pollution Quality	Bioaccumulation Biological contamination Chemical contamination Radioactive contamination	Deterioration Hygiene Pollutants

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Approved Date
24-Jun-2013

Items having a keyword or observed-property relationship to this subject term

An assessment of mercury contamination in the Red River catchment : final draft report
An investigation into high concentrations of atrazine in surface waters and the increase in maize production in the Otter valley
Contaminants entering the sea : data appendix : data on contaminant loads entering the seas around England and Wales for the years 1990-1993
Contaminated land remediation : innovative treatment methods, design, assessment and validation
Doe Lea restoration study : the work of WRc
Effects on gammarus of sediments impacted by watercress farms
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Ely Ouse local environment agency plan : September 1999
Geochemical process modelling : review of models : interim report (0295/8/A)
Guidance on the assessment and interrogation of subsurface analytical contaminant fate and transport models (NC/99/38/1)
Heavy metal contaminants in fish caught from the Mersey Estuary and inshore Liverpool Bay
Infiltration drainage - legal aspects
Information sheet : industrial pollution
Investigation of partitioning of contaminants between water and sediment
Metal contamination of sediments an statutory quality objectives
National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre annual report 1997-1998
National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre annual report 1998/9
National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre annual report 1999/2000
National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre annual report 2000/2001
National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre annual report 2001/2002
National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre business plan : 1999-2000 and beyond
NRA guidance on the acceptable leachable values for contaminated material to be deposited in Upper Tame catchment
Part IIA contaminated land regime - procedural training
Remedial Treatment Action Data Sheets. Version 1.0
Seaburn sewer survey, 05-07 August 1991
Supplementary survey of contaminated land : report
TBME as a groundwater contaminant : nature, behaviour and recommendations for monitoring
The mobilization and release of mercury, copper, iron, manganese and selenium from contaminated sediment as a result of dredging : laboratory simulation studies : interim report to the National Rivers Authority Anglian Region
UK national monitoring plan : regional report for England and Wales : estuarine and intermediate sites (1991 to 1995)

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Vocabulary Term Details

Contamination

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