It can leach easily into the food inside.

The lead from this solder can easily leach into the water supply.

Potassium deficiency, also known as potash deficiency, is a plant disorder that is most common on light, sandy soils, because potassium ions (K) are highly soluble and will easily leach from soils without colloids.

Nitrogen is the most easily leached of any of the nutrients.

And here is the most important part: nitrogen is also the element most easily lost, because it leaches easily in heavy rains and in eroding soils.

Typical soils in this biome are of the order Oxisols, which are highly weathered, acidic, and easily leached soils.

He said that aldicarb was chosen as the first pesticide to be regulated because a great deal is known about it, because it is highly toxic and because it leaches easily into water.

Because phthalate plasticizers are not chemically bound to PVC, they can easily leach and evaporate into food or the atmosphere.