chemical residues
Traces after treatment
Chemical residues are traces of chemicals that remain on or in something after processing, treatment, or exposure.
The term appears most often in discussions of food safety, where pesticide residues on produce or antibiotic residues in meat raise health concerns: The lab tested for chemical residues in the water supply.
Environmental contexts track industrial residues in soil or groundwater.
- microplasticTiny synthetic particle pollution
- glyphosateBroad-spectrum systemic herbicide
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
- neonicotinoidNicotine-like synthetic bug killer
- bioaccumulationPollutant concentration in tissues
toxic buildup · fungicide · pollutants · heavy metal · organophosphate · metabolites · leachate · dioxin · soil contamination · solvent · biomarkers · effluent · industrial waste · fertilizer runoff · water table · contaminants · runoff · carcinogens
- food hazardspathogens, toxins, parasites, viruses, bacteria
- pollutantspollutants, pollutant, contaminant, contaminants, toxin
- water pollutionsewage, industrial waste, contaminants, algal bloom, toxic waste