squam-

1. variant of squamo- before a vowel:

   squamation.

Example Sentences

The state said that PCBs have fouled about 81 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean and 46 other water bodies, including stretches of the Souhegan River and Squam Lake, where PCBs have been linked to a reduction in the loon population and found in the state’s seal population.

From Seattle Times

Testing in Squam Lake, the third largest in the state, found 160 PCB substances in fish in concentrations over 20 parts per billion.

From Seattle Times

“We would not have suspected that Squam Lake would have been a place in which this was a problem,” said Ted Diers, administrator of the state’s Watershed Management Bureau.

From Seattle Times

Environmental Protection Agency scientist who has researched contaminants in wildlife, agreed it could be a challenge to tease out the impact of PCBs on Squam Lake loons.

From Seattle Times

The egg was sent to a lab in Canada to test for chemicals including Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, that have been found in other Squam Lake loon eggs, the fish there and a tributary of the lake.

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