contaminer

Elles contamineront la nourriture.
And it will get into the food.
Les retombées radioactives contamineront les gens, les animaux, les poissons et la terre.
Radioactive fallout will contaminate people, animals, fish and the land.
Jusqu’ici, nous avons eu de la chance : l’adhésion à l’Union européenne a eu tendance à rendre saines les brebis galeuses, mais peut-être allons-nous parvenir à un point où les brebis galeuses contamineront tout le troupeau.
So far we have been lucky: membership of the European Union has tended to make bad apples wholesome but perhaps we will reach the point where the bad apples infect the rest.
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