Sentences with phrase «called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons»

In a study of umbilical cord blood from New York City children, researchers found a change in a gene called ACSL3 that is associated with prenatal exposure to chemical pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are byproducts of incomplete combustion from carbon - containing fuels, resulting in high levels in heavy - traffic areas.

Charcoal grilled meats and smoked foods contain chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that are used to induce cancer in laboratory animals, yet our ancestors ate liberally of smoked meats and fish without suffering from high levels of cancer.

These toxic bits are a class of persistent organic pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a.k.a. PAHs, which are harmful to human health and ecosystems.

Earlier work had shown that chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are found in cigarette smoke, can kill mouse eggs, so the team set out to find out how PAHs do their damage.

Among the greatest concerns is that compounds in oil called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) could have long - term sublethal effects on marine organisms that were at the peak of their spawning season when the spill began.

Lab fish that are exposed to the residues of incomplete combustion, so - called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), have a higher risk of developing cancer and DNA damage.

Some of those large molecules are like small sheets of graphite with hydrogen attached to them: we call these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and they can be found in terrestrial counterparts like mothballs, for example.

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They called in the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and they learned it was very heavily contaminated with arsenic, with a lot of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and with other things contained in waste from a manufactured gas plant.

New results from Aarhus University indicate that such mobile microorganisms can play a surprising key role in bioremediation of soil which is contaminated with so - called PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons).