31. A child swallowing a small amount of contaminated soil also could obtain a dose above normally approved biochemical standards, the agency said. 32. A team of environmental experts is now working on a disposal plan for the contaminated soil, officials said. 33. A shady park will soon open on the landfill area for contaminated soil, despite Greenpeace objections that dioxin might leach from the soil. 34. A U.S. air base in Turkey on Monday disclosed that it has hundreds of steel drums packed with contaminated soil to dispose of. 35. But the former Exxon attorneys told a court that no evidence existed of contaminated soil and accused other companies in the area of causing the pollution. 36. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers have contaminated soil and water supplies because of overuse and misuse, experts say. 37. Decades of negligence and years of economic instability have left Russia an ecological nightmare of contaminated soil, impure drinking water and unsound nuclear power plants. 38. Hookworm larvae infect humans by burrowing through the feet from contaminated soil or vegetation. 39. Hookworm larvae infects humans by passing through the skin feet from contaminated soil or vegetation. 40. MOSCOW -- Decades of negligence and years of economic instability have left Russia an ecological nightmare of contaminated soil, impure drinking water and unsound nuclear power plants. |