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What is a contaminant?

What is a contaminant? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
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Perchlorate is a waterborne contaminant left over from propellants and rocket fuels.
Dioxin was the contaminant in the herbicide Agent Orange, used as a defoliant in the Vietnam war and thought to have caused numerous health problems in veterans of that war.
The fungus is a common soil contaminant being excreted in feces of several birds particularly pigeons.
Unfortunately, tritium is a notorious and ubiquitous contaminant, and an impurity in deuterated acetone.
The plywood must then be suitably secured, bonded and prepared to a contaminant free and sound condition.
Noise is as much an environmental pollutant as dust, lead powder or any other airborne contaminant.

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