soil pollution

English

Noun

soil pollution (uncountable)

2. The pollution of soil, for example by sewage or toxic chemicals.
   • 1913, Milton Joseph Rosenau, Preventive medicine and hygiene, D. Appleton and Company, published 1914, page 688:

     Hookworm disease is closely associated with the soil. It may fairly be considered an infection the result of soil pollution.

   • 2006, S. V. S. Rana, Environmental pollution: health and toxicology, Alpha Science International, Ltd., p. 89

     The major kinds of soil pollution are:

     • Acidification,
     • Salinisation and sodification,
     • Agrochemical pollution
     • Contamination by metalliferous water

Translations

pollution of soil

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土壤污染 (tǔrǎng wūrǎn)

• Finnish: maaperän saastuminen
• Japanese: 土壌汚染 (ja) (dojōosen)

Further reading

• soil pollution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia