Sentences with phrase «acts on chemicals»

Instead, it acts on chemicals in the brain, primarily receptors for serotonin, a chemical messenger involved in mood, among many other things.

Not exact matches

Since 1970, marijuana has been on the list of Schedule I drugs, which defines chemicals under the Controlled Substances Act as a drug with high potential for abuse and no medical benefits.

That sounds like bad business to me (worse than Obama not acting on his statement regarding use of chemical weapons.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Before a historic conference on modernizing the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) today offered eight building blocks to help guide the development of an updated law for chemicals management in the United Sates.

California's Prop 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires companies to place a warning label on any product they sell within California if it exceeds the level that the State has established as risk - free for a list of over eight hundred chemicals.

This recipe is one that I have been working on for a good few months now — it was inspired by Mary, The Paleo Chef's — Phat Fudge recipe (which you can find here) that Mary created to give her clients; «long lasting sustained energy, memory, focus, combat inflammation and act as a natural thermogenic «in replacement for those weird little gel packs that are laden with all kinds of sugars and weird unpronounceable chemicals and ingredients (#nothanks) which I guess is why I called fudge.

According to California's regulations under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly referred to as «Prop 65», which is significantly stricter than the FDA on many levels), there is a «Safe Harbor» list of two classes of chemicals: those that cause reproductive toxicity and those that are considered carcinogens.

Cannabinoids are why we're here: They're chemical compounds that act on receptors in the brain and can alter neural function.

My «Safe Chemicals Act» will breathe new life into a long - dead statute by empowering EPA to get tough on toxic cChemicals Act» will breathe new life into a long - dead statute by empowering EPA to get tough on toxic chemicalschemicals.

The potentially good news is that new legislation called the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 was recently introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D - NJ) on April 15.

However, the chemical included acting as a cleansing component or preservative determines whether the wipe is safe to use on your baby or not.

I asked her if this meant that NO ONE had ever asked these questions before: — What is J&J's stance on the Kid Safe Chemical Act?

I wanted to understand their stance on the Kid Safe Chemical Act and the possible adverse affects of long term exposure to the multitude of chemicals in our personal care products.

The UK chemical industry has urged George Osborne to act now on energy costs or lose out on growth.

Cuomo and state environmental officials on Saturday called on the EPA to establish a maximum contaminant level for 1,4 - dioxane in drinking water — and said that if the feds don't act the state will begin the process of regulating the man - made chemical.

The bill is modeled on two measures Gianaris wrote while he was a state assemblyman: the Power Plant Security Act and the Chemical Storage Security Act.

The NYLCV counts passage of the Community Risk and Resiliency Act as a major success this year, but is disappointed that lawmakers failed to act on the Child Safe Products Act, which would have regulated and phased out toxic chemicals in children's producAct as a major success this year, but is disappointed that lawmakers failed to act on the Child Safe Products Act, which would have regulated and phased out toxic chemicals in children's producact on the Child Safe Products Act, which would have regulated and phased out toxic chemicals in children's producAct, which would have regulated and phased out toxic chemicals in children's products.

A joint statement issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health pushed back on the comments made by a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday that the state did not act swiftly when warned of a chemical contamination in Hoosick Falls's drinking water.

On Monday, the EPA acted on what many Hoosick Falls residents have been hoping for ever since the chemical PFOA was found in drinking water there: the Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics plant on McCaffrey Street has been named a federal SuperfunOn Monday, the EPA acted on what many Hoosick Falls residents have been hoping for ever since the chemical PFOA was found in drinking water there: the Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics plant on McCaffrey Street has been named a federal Superfunon what many Hoosick Falls residents have been hoping for ever since the chemical PFOA was found in drinking water there: the Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics plant on McCaffrey Street has been named a federal Superfunon McCaffrey Street has been named a federal Superfund.

POLITICO previously reported that documents show that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration resisted acting on federal warnings about high levels of the chemical in Hoosick Falls» water.

He works by tweaking the chemical structures of the drugs, sometimes changing just a few molecules to see what impact this might have on the interaction between the drug and the brain receptors their parent compounds normally act upon.

In an unusual exercise of its authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on December 30 the establishment of a «chemicals of concern» list and action plans that could prompt restrictions on four types of synthetic chemicals used widely in manufacturing and consumer products, including phthalates used to make flexible plastics, often for toys, household products and medical equipment.

Her interest was in the sciences — first biology, then biochemistry and finally pharmacology, the study of how chemicals act on the human body.

Based on their results and evidence from other studies on addiction and the hippocampus, the authors suggest an intriguing explanation for addiction: newborn neurons in the hippocampus inhibit the release of dopamine, one of the major chemical messengers that act as a reward signal.

These chemicals act like hormones and have profound influences on health, particularly during fetal development.

«What we think happens is that the bacteria activate immune cells, which release chemicals called cytokines that then act on receptors on the sensory nerves to increase their activity,» he says.

The team then investigated whether the chemical might be inducing sleep by acting on the cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain.

The agency has ordered testing on just 200 compounds and restricted or banned only five since it gained the authority to regulate new chemicals in 1976 under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

That's in part because the identity of the chemicals used by the gas industry for drilling and fracturing are protected as trade secrets, and because the EPA, based on an exemption passed under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, does not have authority to investigate the fracturing process under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

As a whole, the findings suggest the proteins act on the gut — brain axis — the collection of two - way nerve and chemical pathways that communicate between the digestive tract and the brain — and that GDF15 might be a clinical target for metabolic disorders.

«We found that the surfaces and crystal structures inside these vents act as catalysts, encouraging chemical changes in the material that settles on them,» says Nathan Hollingsworth, a co-author of the study.

Both he and Jacobs said the findings add momentum for the call to revamp the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, the law regulating the more than 80,000 chemicals on its database.

He hopes in time to be able to anticipate how future chemical variations on the cathinone theme will change the way these drugs act on the brain.

«EPA must consider all forms of asbestos in this initial list of chemicals it acts on.»

Made of a biological component — such as a fluorescent protein — and a «detector» that responds to the presence of a specific chemical, biosensors act as the switches and levers that turn programmed functions on and off inside the engineered cells.

For example, the metabolically engineered microbes that are sometimes used to produce biofuels and chemicals are currently subject to genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations, while the molecules they produce are subject to chemical regulations such as the Toxic Substances Control Act in the United States and the regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) ichemicals are currently subject to genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations, while the molecules they produce are subject to chemical regulations such as the Toxic Substances Control Act in the United States and the regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) iChemicals (REACH) in Europe.

The controversy has reopened an old debate about the safety of the class of antidepressants that seem to act on the mood - regulating brain chemical serotonin.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D - N.J.), said in a statement that CDC's findings highlight the need to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the law governing all industrial chemicals on the marketplace.

Femtochemistry is concerned with the very act of the molecular motion that brings about chemistry, chemical bond breaking, or bond formation on the femtosecond (10 - 15 second) time scale.

There is a growing sense, Pessah adds, that our heavily industrialized, chemical - soaked environment — and the way it acts on vulnerable genes in some individuals — may be a major culprit.

But chemicals have hitched rides on winds and waters that have carried them there, as the cold climate acts like a sink for pollutants.

Many political observers, stakeholders and lawmakers, blame the lack of proper chemical oversight on the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA — a 1976 law that allows the EPA to regulate industrial chemicals.

A bill now under consideration on Capitol Hill would grant the EPA oversight of fracking and force drilling companies, which are currently exempt from portions of the Clean Water Act, to disclose the chemicals they use in fracturing fluids.

It should begin by reforming and strengthening the Toxic Substances Control Act to require reviews of chemicals for safety, force manufacturers to provide adequate health data on any chemical under review, and empower agencies to restrict or ban the use of chemicals with clear evidence of harm.

The EPA plans to issue a report on its findings within two years; the results will be used to regulate chemicals with nanomaterial content under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA).

Chemical marks on the histones, which sheathe our chromosomal DNA in each cell's nucleus, act as «stop» and «go» traffic signals.

While the chemical reaction that the bacteria perform on uranium is a common process known as «reduction,» or the act of accepting electrons, Kerkhof said it's still a mystery how the reduced uranium produced by this microorganism ultimately behaves in the subsurface environment.

This year the EPA is set to review restrictions on 10 high priority chemicals as part of the Toxic Substance Control Act, including asbestos.

Improved understanding of the chemical pathway on which aspirin and Vioxx act may lead to analgesics with fewer side effects

«CRISPRi acts like an on - off switch, so we can reverse gene suppression by simply removing the chemical inhibitor,» said Mandegar.