Sentences with phrase «chemicals used as»

I do think that chemicals used as ingredients in beauty products should be more thoroughly assessed, particularly for endpoints such as reproductive harm.

According to the 2014 EPA Inventory of US GHG Emissions and Sinks, the substitution of ODS with chemicals used as ODS alternatives, such as HFCs, accounts for 159 MMT CO2e / year.

VSLSs include chemicals used as solvents, paint strippers, and as degreasing agents.

Only 800 of the approximately 4,000 chemicals used as fragrances have been tested for toxicity, either alone or in combination with others.

«Processed pet foods contain barely adequate levels of the known vitamins... Many contain biologically inappropriate antioxidants, enormous levels of refined sugars and masses of salt together with other chemicals used as colorings and flavorings.

But, just as these other industrial toxins were in decline, Swedish researchers noticed an exponential increase in breast milk levels of PBDE: PCB - like chemicals used as flame retardants in computers, mattresses, drapes, carpeting, teddy bears; everywhere.

In a study recently published in Frontiers in Microbiology, PNNL scientists Young - Mo Kim, Jim Fredrickson, and Tom Metz demonstrated the effect that sunlight or the absence thereof over a 24 - hour period - the diel cycle - has on the production of chemicals used as metabolites in the microbial mats of Mushroom Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Soldiers, for instance, might encounter harmful germs or chemicals used as weapons.

A class of chemicals used as flame retardants in polyurethane foam furniture padding, as well as in car dashboards and computer shells, have been gassing into the environment and turning up in everything from household dust to halibut.

Ideally you will want the least chemicals used as possible but some people do have preferences and for example, may like to have the detergent fragranced.

The issue, instead, is whether or not a chemical used as a cleaning product can also be used safely as a food additive — it can.

Once this process is over, your body will start burning your stored fat which is then transformed into ketone bodies which are a chemical used as energy in the neurons of the brain.

For example, the ingredient Propylene Glycol (commonly found in soft treats) is a chemical used as a solvent in brake fluid.

Not exact matches

It also comes as Honest reportedly moves to reformulate its laundry detergent following reports in the Wall Street Journal that lab reports found the company included a chemical it had pledged not to use in the detergent.

Mosquitoes locate their hosts using receptors on their antennae and mouthparts that pick up on cues that hosts emit, such as CO2 and water vapor in our breath, and chemicals in our sweat such as lactic acid, butyric acid and fatty acids.

The U.S. - led airstrikes, which U.S. President Donald Trump described as «perfectly executed,» came after the likely use of chemical weapons in an attack by the Syrian regime on the town of Douma earlier this month.

The proposal comes after negotiations between the South Korean firm, workers and their families as well as outside experts over the company's responsibility for the workers, who have attributed illnesses such as lymphoma and leukemia to prolonged exposure to radiation or dangerous chemicals used in Samsung's factories.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments; adds second byline and NEW YORK dateline) NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 (Reuters)- Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 - Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

In tests the team conducted, the EcoScraps soil grew plants as large as or larger than plants grown in soils using chemical fertilizers.

These chemicals he studied were going to be used as pharmaceuticals, and many derivatives of them are still used today.

The list includes such common chemicals as asbestos and trichloroethylene that have for decades been known to cause cancer, yet EPA lacked the legal authority necessary to ban their use.

Last week, Spicer falsely claimed Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War II and referred to concentration camps as «concentration centers.»

The UK has acknowledged that the intention of the strikes was not to turn the overall tide in the war and was essentially meant as a punitive action to compel Assad not to use chemical weapons.

«If President Trump had ordered the strike only to show that the US responded to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's use of chemical weapons, then that goal has been achieved,» Israel's Ynetnews quoted a senior defense official as saying.

«But if there was another objective — such as paralyzing the ability to launch chemical weapons or deterring Assad from using it again — it's doubtful any of these objectives have been met.»

Using what's called dielectric properties — chemical changes that occur as a fruit ripens or rots, for example — the sensors emit an electromagnetic signal that can be monitored by a reader.

Martin said Class 2 assessments are used in cases of larger projects, such as the building of a petro - chemical plant or pulp mill.

Bashar was beaten regularly, put to work as a house slave for her captor's family in Raqqa, and forced to work in an explosives warehouse, where she made suicide vests using a chemical paste infused with small metal components, or «pieces of iron,» she recalls.

As noted by senior executives at Rodale, just having an organic landscape can improve the health of the whole employee population, through reduced use of chemicals from lawn maintenance, while creating a space that is more engaging, educational, and productive.

«A responsible source at the Foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's full support for the American military operations on military targets in Syria, which came as a response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians,» a statement released by state news agency SPA said on Friday.

WFAA writes that starting in January, the colors used to dye the pasta will «come from natural sources» such as paprika and turmeric, instead of chemicals.

Much of that oil will be shipped as dilbit, a combination of bitumen and light liquid chemicals used to dilute the bitumen so it can be transported in pipelines.

Russia and Syria dismiss as a hoax the claims that the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al - Assad used chemical weapons in the rebel - held enclave of Douma on April 7.

Sold under the name Eagle 20 or Nova 40, the chemical is used to control a pest known as powdery mildew in crops such as grapes and berries, but is also known to be employed as a shortcut by illegal cannabis grow - operations when a crop is threatened by an infestation.

Fujifilm still makes film, but it has branched out considerably, using its chemical and imaging technology in products as varied as ingredients in cosmetics and medical equipment.

You may not think much about this, but a tremendous amount of global resources — such as energy, minerals, chemicals and water — are used to make a single item of clothing, electronic gadget, or household item.

The products that will be produced at the refinery include cobalt chemicals used to make high performance rechargeable batteries, bismuth metals and chemicals, as well as gold.

Chemical wood pulp might also be used as an intermediate.

However, over the past decade, industry operators have invested in green cleaning products and equipment such as floor scrubbers that use less chemical products and machines that ionize water to help lift dirt particles.

Chemical and fertilizer companies, which use gas as both a feedstock and energy source, say lower prices have reduced costs and made the U.S. a more competitive manufacturing location.

Majors like Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have announced plans to expand basic chemical production using natural gas as a feedstock.

ChemPro can even scale its manufacturing processes to produce single purpose chemical products such as a degreasing agent it created exclusively for a specific machine used by the automotive industry.

Methanol production is also experiencing a global resurgence, particularly in China where the finished product — typically extracted from solid waste / biomass, but also from natural gas and coal feedstocks — is widely used in chemical production and industrial processes, as well as in blended vehicle fuel.

The water also doesn't freeze so it can be used as a chemical - free deicing agent for airplanes, which has particular relevance here in Canada.

As a result, lithium is used in numerous applications which can be divided into two broad categories: chemical applications and technical applications.

By the way could the «BrainWashing» be from the uses of those Funny Shampoos and Products which are said to contain so many bad chemicals that could lead to cancers??! Any way I thought brainwashed one's are less human affectionate, rather acting as Robots in many ways so better check who does appear like that...!

Foodstocks are continuously piling up but so are the number of people without access to adequate food, those suffering from hunger and starvation, while in the meanwhile there has taken place a major decline in the quality of food available to the people, thanks to the excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, more so in the poorer countries as the more hazardous pesticides are banned in the rich countries and both exported to and dumped in the poor countries.

I said changed all your products that is already contaminated because you can not make wise the Lord for reasoning the food you intake so that all of you will be dead in times of Delubyo or the Last Judgement Day of the Prophet of the Lord as an Stupid Cupid the original or Saint Marilou in the Philippines a Holy Family alive and kicking for you can not used this kinds of monkey wise system but this is all about greedy in money and foods but you forget about the chemicals that think you make wise in your businesses and now look at your physical features a radiationd foods you intake inside and outside including of course the athmosphere not an original faces already a big boom inside your body.

Even though Syrian officials agreed to destroy their massive stockpiles of chemical weapons more than a year ago, a disturbing new report from a watchdog agency found evidence that mustard gas was used as recently as August.