Sentences with phrase «contain high levels of chemicals»

Potato chips and french fries in particular have been found to contain a high level of the chemical.»

The breath of the exposed fishermen also contained higher levels of chemicals associated with lung damage.

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Apart from being less harmful due to not carrying a load of heavy chemicals, organic food has been proven to contain higher levels of nutrients than non-organic food, with lower levels of nitrates and containing more antioxidants.

BPA - free isn't all - chemical - free, and even products we would assume are safe contain high levels of estrogen exuding junk.

However, over 1/3 of all seats tested had one or more components which contained higher levels of toxic chemicals.

Milk from two study participants contained the highest levels of fire retardants ever reported in the United States, and milk from several of the mothers in EWG's study had among the highest levels of these chemicals yet detected worldwide.

This is very important, because bitter zucchini often contains high levels of a natural toxin called cucurbitacin (a chemical produced by all members of the Cucurbit family, which includes cucumbers, pumpkins and melons).

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands found that in the two decades since Dutch farmers began using the pesticide on a variety of crops, the birds» population declined by an average of 3.5 percent annually in farmlands where local water levels contained high concentrations of the chemical.

A pair of environmental monitoring wells drilled deep into an aquifer in Pavillion, Wyo., contain high levels of cancer - causing compounds and at least one chemical commonly used in hydraulic fracturing, according to new water test results released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Previous studies have shown that fracking fluids contain high levels of salts, barium and radioactive elements, in addition to human - made chemicals added in the process of hydraulic fracturing.

Bedbug waste contains high levels of the allergy - triggering chemical histamine, which stays behind even after the insects are eradicated.

Chemical analyses of Wainman's bones showed high levels of lead exposure, a sign that he was wealthy, as more valuable items during this time, such as pewter and glazed wares, contained more lead.

Due to flammability laws, many mattresses contain high levels of many harmful chemicals including:

Natural Evolution Banana Flour «contains antibacterial properties as well as high levels of serotonin, a chemical messenger that acts as a mood stabiliser.»

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.

Aconite roots contain high level of toxic chemicals.

Although there is no way to completely escape (the deepest parts of the ocean contain high levels of toxins), there are ways you can protect your body from toxins and prevent chemical sensitivities when you have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.

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.

Heavily processed foods containing high levels of preservatives and chemicals can play havoc with your dog's digestion, and certain human foods can even be poisonous to your dog.

The magma of the Arenal Volcano contains high levels of water and other chemicals that make it highly explosive.

But they also found that produced water contained potentially toxic chlorocarbons and organobromides, probably formed from interactions between high levels of bacteria in the water and salts or chemical treatments used in fracking fluids.

While nuclear energy is regarded as the lesser of the two evils when compared at an emission level to the burning of fossil - fuels, it may trump on the containment of the heat process, which burns in a contained nuclear reactor through an in - ward heat - chemical reaction called fission, but nuclear energy production is a chain from uranium mining to the toxic waste disposal and therefore as an entire process is an equally high risk environmental option.

Ozone is one of the criteria air pollutants and is a form of oxygen, the molecule contains three oxygen atoms and has the same chemical structure whether it is found high in the atmosphere or at ground - level.