Noun
(uncountable)
- The pollution of soil, for example by sewage or toxic chemicals.
- 1913, Milton Joseph Rosenau, Preventive medicine and hygiene, D. Appleton and Company (1914), p. 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:
- 1913, Milton Joseph Rosenau, Preventive medicine and hygiene, D. Appleton and Company (1914), p. 688
