leaching

IPA: ɫˈitʃɪŋ

Examples of "leaching" in Sentences

There are concerns about mercury leaching from the bulbs if they end up in landfills.
That's what happens when you enjoy music that doesn't have a major label leaching supporting it.
Base Nutrient Depletion: Acidification of soils causes the removal of nutrients (a process known as leaching) from terrestrial ecosystems.
Within Southern Florida, soil and water conditions indicate potential for leaching from the use of atrazine-based herbicides in corn crops.
a combined dump and underground leaching operation at Cerro de Pasco in Peru and an optimised heap leaching operation at Cananea in Mexico.
Our results demonstrate a widespread contamination of mineral water with xenoestrogens that partly originates from compounds leaching from the plastic packaging material ....
The water is then routed through a network of perforated pipes buried in an area called the leaching field where there's either very good natural drainage or a lot of sand and gravel have been imported.
Waste rock is critical to understand as it has the potential, if rehabilitation is poor or unsuccessful, to lead to long-term leaching of metals into adjacent surface waters or underlying groundwater resources.
In the case of heavy rainfall or flooding, there may be an increase in leaching of toxic chemicals and heavy metals from storage sites and increased contamination of water with runoff containing persistent chemicals that are already in the environment.