Meanings (ES + gloss)
contaminación • polución
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeni…
Pollution levels are almost always higher in cities rather than the countryside, what with the cars, industry and so on.
Phrases
agropollutionair pollutionantipollutionbiopollutionelectropollutiongenetic pollutionhydropollutionlight pollutionnocturnal pollutionnoise pollutionnonpollutionoverpollutionphotopollutionpolluticianpollution permit systempollutionalpollutionarypollutionistpollutionlessself-pollutionsoil pollutionunderpollutionvisual pollutionwater pollution
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