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US
/ɪnˌvaɪɹənˈmɛnəɫ, ɪnˌvaɪɹənˈmɛntəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɛnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəl/ ]
[ UK /ɛnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment
environmental pollution -
of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
environmental factors
How To Use environmental In A Sentence
- While the site focuses mainly on their environmental concerns, they're also up in arms about the Bush administration's general abuse and disregard for science - including the idea that abstinence is some kind of cureall. News from the House of Sticks -
- Moreover, for logistics companies there are considerable long-term questions over the economic and environmental sustainability of home delivery. Times, Sunday Times
- Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- He writes regularly to the council on environmental issues and has now turned lobbyist on the issue that most annoys him - dog mess along Rochdale Canal.
- Endocrine disruptors environmental estrogens enhance autoantibody production by B1 cells. The Autoimmune Epidemic
- The problem of environmental pollution roots in the characteristic of public goods and negative externality.
- Critics fear the environmental impact and possible contamination of groundwater as well as the risk of earthquakes. Times, Sunday Times
- Its plans are likely to be fiercely opposed by residents, conservation groups and some environmentalists concerned at the impact on the landscape. Times, Sunday Times
- The appropriate specimens to submit for testing include food (in the original container if it is available) or environmental specimens, stool, serum, gastric contents, or vomitus.
- Yet because many of the environmental consequences are hidden from view and from our national income accounts, we sit atop ticking ecological time bombs.