Collocations for "pollution"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pollution" in context.
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pollution
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- the [city, downtown] is full of pollution
- pollution from [exhausts, cars, factories]
- [noise, air, water, light] pollution
- [industrial, residential, agricultural] pollution
- pollution in [urban, rural] areas
- the pollution of the [water, oceans, air, groundwater]
- cut back on pollution
- [measures, laws] to tackle pollution
- the [air, water] is full of pollution
- pollution and health concerns
- is a source of pollution
- is the source of the pollution
- is the [main, principal] cause of pollution
- [alarming, increasing, worrying] levels of pollution
- signed a pact to reduce pollution [to, by]
- pollution [prevention, reduction]
- pollution [sources, levels]
- pollution [prevention, reduction]
- pollution [sources, levels]
'pollution' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):