- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Contaminated Quotes
On what gets tainted, and why it matters.
These quotes use "contaminated" across several serious contexts — device and data security risks, an education system some describe as contaminated by inequality, polluted land cleanup, and viable stem cell lines. It relates to our Culture quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Lines
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that in 2001 it was believed 78 stem cell lines existed. But now we know there are only 22 that are viable, and they have been contaminated with mouse stem cells.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diarrhea, 90 percent of which is caused by food and water contaminated by excrement, kills a child every fifteen seconds. That's more than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human feces are an impressive weapon of mass destruction.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I've been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
You no longer can say that inside a company everything is trusted because you could bring in a contaminated device. And it’s the same thing with data, because so much is no longer stored inside a company.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls, in many ways the most disturbing thing about these recalls is how little of the meat actually winds up back at the plant.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The symptoms of food poisoning often don't appear for days after the contaminated meal was eaten. As a result, most cases of food poisoning are never properly diagnosed.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
Large elements in Congress and the public were willing to fight for victory but wanted to be very sure that the struggle was not contaminated by any moral principles.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020