Sentences with phrase «small chemical doses»

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While the quantity of any particular chemical linked to health and environmental hazards is in most cases very small, those small doses add up daily and exposure to derived health risk increases.

Studies of laboratory animals have shown that even small doses of these chemicals impair attention, learning, memory, and behavior.

In addition, a smaller dose of chemicals will kill fungi - infected mosquitoes, good news as one of the chemicals is DDT which persists in the environment.

However, a group of Dutch scientists has discovered that if aphids are exposed to the active chemical present in their «alarm» pheromone, they emerge from the lettuce hearts and can be killed by relatively small doses of insecticide (Journal of Applied Entomology, vol 115, p 432).

It has established that even small doses of chemicals can have significant negative effects if they are present together.

«There is a growing consensus in the scientific community that small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can have adverse effects on health, especially during vulnerable periods such as fetal development and childhood,» reports author and physician Andrew Weil, a leading voice for so - called integrative medicine combining conventional and alternative medical practices.

By giving a single small dose of certain chemicals (aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons) to selected strains of female rats he found he could produce, within a few weeks, malignant mammary tumors — many of which were hormone dependent — in 100 percent of the treated animals.

Granted we don't have similar human studies, but there is growing consensus that even small doses of pesticides and other chemicals can be harmful to humans.

When you combine the fact that most people are NOT getting adequate small doses of daily sunshine, are over-using chemical - based sunscreens that prevent your body from producing vitamin D, and are also getting less Vitamin D from the meat, dairy, and eggs in our food supply these days, you can see why Vitamin D deficiency is a major problem right now.

Today, a great deal of research exists and indicates that even in doses as small as parts per billion these chemicals have the ability to alter our physiology.

A primal approach can help achieve quality sleep as proper nutrition (reduced sugar, reduced chemical additives, reduced fillers, and increased nutrient density), outside play (small natural doses of vitamin D, exercise, imaginative play and reduced time with electronics), clean air (less household toxins and fewer chemicals to breathe in), and love and support all positively influence your child's ability to sleep well.

While these chemicals may be tolerated individually and in small doses, problems can arise when one is exposed to them in combination or in larger doses.

Inflammation is good in small doses to alert us to a problem within the body, such as an injury; but many of us have long term chronic inflammation, due to a bad diet in general, pollution, sugar, trans fats, chemicals in food, smoking, alcohol, and generally just not obtaining enough antioxidants from their diet from fruits and vegetables.

delusions, chocolate is high in fat and calories that can have serious negative effects on long - term health), but it contains toxic chemicals that can kill your pet in small doses.

Plus, according to Khalsa, lab tests have shown that with longterm exposure at low doses, fipronil has the potential to cause nervous system and thyroid toxicity, thyroid cancer, altered thyroid hormone levels, liver toxicity, kidney damage, convulsions, whining, barking, crying, loss of appetite, locomotor difficulty, reduced fertility, fetus mortality, smaller offspring, loss of hair at or beyond the point of application, moist inflammation, chemical burn and itching.

Most modern day drug tests are sophisticated enough to distinguish between actual drug use and small amounts of chemicals that come along with certain food, but large enough doses can still trip up a system and delay your test results and therefore your policy.