soil pollution
noun1
The pollution of soil, for example by sewage or toxic chemicals.
- Hookworm disease is closely associated with the soil. It may fairly be considered an infection the result of soil pollution.1913, Milton Joseph Rosenau, Preventive medicine and hygiene, D. Appleton and Company, published 1914, page 688:
- The major kinds of soil pollution are: Acidification, Salinisation and sodification, Agrochemical pollution Contamination by metalliferous water2006, S. V. S. Rana, Environmental pollution: health and toxicology, Alpha Science International, Ltd., p. 89