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Any biological or chemical agent, foreign matter, or other substances not intentionally added to products that may compromise product quality, safety, or suitability. Any material that potentially has adverse impacts on the functioning of, and/or shows an undesirable interaction. Contaminants include insects or insect parts, feathers, fingernails, cosmetics, jewelry, hair, feces, mold, decomposition or visible growth, visible adulterants, lubricants, glass shards from glassware or lighting, metal shavings from equipment, staples, plastic, wood splinters, stones, sand, and foreign plant parts.
Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for the physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.
English
Noun
contaminants
- plural of contaminant
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.tə.miˈnans]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.tə.miˈnans]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.ta.miˈnans]
- Rhymes: -ans
Adjective
contaminants
- plural of contaminant
Noun
contaminants
- plural of contaminant