polluted

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If the water is sewage-polluted, the oysters become contaminated with dangerous bacteria.

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  • He'll make headlines again this year if he continues to reverse the image of the fabled waterway from a polluted wasteland into a residential Garden of Eden. —  The Brooklyn Paper: Full articles
  • If a stream is polluted, they will attempt to trace that pollution back to its source. —  KCBS Bay Area News
  • If the water is sewage-polluted, the oysters become contaminated with dangerous bacteria. —  School and Home Cooking
  • The cold air originates in the Arctic and it has not been polluted, which is why it feels so crisp —  British Blogs
  • "The cold air originates in the Arctic and it has not been polluted, which is why it feels so crisp." —  British Blogs
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