How do you use the word contaminate in a sentence?

Answer 1

Sewage from cities continues to contaminate areas of the Great Lakes.

Fishermen feared that oil from the spill would contaminate seafood in the area.

Exposure to radioactive water can contaminate equipment in a nuclear reactor.

Answer 2

A contaminant leaked into the water supply for the city.

Once the contaminant was identified, the food company resumed production at its factory.

The experiment was ruined when a contaminant was found in a supposedly sterile solution.

Answer 3

When salt is used on the roadway, it can contaminate the ground water we pump from our wells.

Another example: When the little boy who had the flu played with the toys in the basket he cantaminated them with the flu virus and made it possible for other children playing with the same toys to now catch the flu.

Answer 4

The baby food was contaminated by cleaning chemicals used in the factory.

The failure of the nuclear reactor contaminated a large area downwind of the facility.

Contaminated medicine was linked to several deaths in the state.

Answer 5

The oil spill contaminated the river, making the water unsafe for drinking.