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• v  make impure
  The industrial wastes polluted the lake
• s  rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution
  polluted lakes and streams

• Other highly polluted areas, such as the tri-state New YorkConnecticutNew Jersey region and the Chicago area, also made it into the top 25 most air-polluted places.
• Renouncing Seoul's polluted past, he showed cities around the world a greener path to development.
• Overcrowded, shockingly polluted Kanpur symbolizes the enormity of India's environmental challenges A New Day Dawns Kitakyushu, once among the most polluted cities in Japan, has .

• pollute
• foul
• contaminate
• contaminated

News & Articles

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• Editorial: Taxpayers deserve to know if there is unused water capacity south of Lake Okeechobee
  The recent revelation that millions of gallons of polluted water were being pumped north from agricultural areas into Lake Okeechobee followed by a decision late in the week to begin sending water from the lake east into the St. Lucie Estuary has stunned environmentalists and prompted a leading state legislator to call a formal hearing.
  June 16, 2013 - Indian River Press Journal
• New York boaters take on Superfund site
  NEW YORK (AP) - Some New York boaters paddled their kayaks through 1 of the nation's most polluted waterways - as advocates for cleaner water. About 30 boaters entered Saturday's 2.5-mile regatta on Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.
  June 16, 2013 - New Jersey Herald
• Indianapolis awarded EPA funds to test contaminated sites
  INDIANAPOLIS – City officials have identified ten polluted sites in a designated redevelopment area where they plan to test soil and groundwater thanks to a grant from the EPA. A Smart Growth Renewal District just north of downtown will be …
  June 13, 2013 - FOX 59 Indianapolis

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in Examiner.com
  As reported by ABC news, Biden said, "I find it incredibly insensitive, incredibly out of touch. This is just not about jobs, this is just not about whether or not the water fowl is polluted and you can't, this is an entire way of life that's in...
• Ken Livingstone in Independent
  Speaking at Alexandra Palace, looking out across a hazy skyline, Mr Livingstone said: "We are probably the most polluted city in the whole of western Europe. Even on a good day you can still see the scale of pollution as you look through the...
• Shai Agassi in Forbes
  Our planet's battery got charged over hundreds of millions of years, and yet we have consumed half the world's oil in one century. In the process, we got addicted to oil, polluted our cities and altered our planet's climate,Agassi said....