To that danger should be added the nuisance of the fouling of pavements and playgrounds by dogs that are not controlled by their owners.
I used to get complaints about blocking the pavements, about shouting obscene remarks at unoffending passers-by, and about fouling the neighbourhood in various nasty ways.
That is the dog nuisance —fouling pavements, parks and play areas where people want to play rugby, soccer or any other game.
It is doing so for three reasons; first, because of dangerous dogs; secondly, because of fouling; and thirdly because of strays.
Biofilm on technical surfaces often incurs costs owing to, for example, microbially introduced corrosion, fouling, restricted flow or reduced heat conductance.
As current knowledge of microbial colonization of common coil-coating paints is very limited, laboratory methods to investigate microbial fouling have to be extrapolated to workplace conditions.
Fouling of gastropods : a role for parasites?
The long nozzle was made in order to prevent the plate from fouling the acoustic damping material on the rig a t the smaller angles of inclination.
