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The term pollution and the verb to pollute come from the Latin polluere, to soil or disgrace, possibly from luere, smear, as with mud. This is similar to the Greek root lyma, filth, dirt.

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Well obviously because it's pollution to the water

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12y ago

Yes. Water pollution is pollution because it pollutes the water.

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