Sentences with phrase «chlorinated compounds»

There have only been seven known enzymes associated with Dehalococcoides found to have confirmed function on chlorinated compounds.

The lab did not report finding chemicals in its samples, so researchers sent duplicate samples to a lab in Switzerland, which reported high levels of chlorinated compounds in two of its three samples.

Manufacturers add brominated and chlorinated compounds to polyurethane foam cushions to slow the spread of flames in case they catch fire.

Triclosan is a chlorinated compound used as a preservative and an anti-bacterial agent in antiperspirants / deodorants, cleansers, and hand sanitizers.

This chlorinated compound is responsible for elevated cancer rates in certain parts of the world where PVC production facilities are located.

Not exact matches

The results revealed chlorinated carbon compounds, which probably formed inside SAM's oven.

Thousands of sweet - tasting compounds belonging to more than 150 chemical classes have been discovered, including low - molecular - weight carbohydrates, aminoacyl sugars, amino acids, peptides, proteins, terpenoids, chlorinated hydrocarbons, halogenated sugars, N - sulfonyl amides, sulfamates, polyketides, anilines, and ureas.

In 2012 the Mars Science Laboratory Mission detected chlorinated organic matter, but they thought that the analysis process, which involved heating chlorine containing minerals and carbonaceous material together, was producing chlorine - containing organic compounds.

Previous in situ analyses of the Martian terrain have found inconclusive evidence for the existence organic compounds — so far only finding chlorinated organic matter.

They determined that natural organic substances originating from foods, including fruits, soy, and green or black tea, react when tap water is chlorinated, forming dangerous cancer causing compounds.

Thus, the assertion that is frequently cited in alternative medical communities that we are in the midst of a massive iodine deficiency due to inundation with chlorinated, fluoridated, and brominated compounds, which displace iodine in the thyroid gland, is worthy of examination.

If you knew the slightest thing about the problem with ozone destroying chemicals, of which the chlorinated freons were prime culprits, you would know that they were a problem because they were supremely stable in the lower atmosphere (pure chlorine not so at all), and were able to transport chlorine to the ozone layer (unlike natural chlorine compounds), whereupon UV light broke them down, released the chlorine, starting a chain reaction destroying the ozone.

In the late 1980s it was appreciated that industrial compounds used in refrigeration (notably chlorinated fluorocarbons) could destroy ozone.