Sentences with phrase «contaminate water bodies»

Through his work with the Environmental Litigation Group, Mr. Land also represents public water providers and private well owners in litigation involving chemicals that contaminate water bodies and property, including trichloroethylene (TCE), a nonflammable, colorless and highly toxic solvent, and perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), such as GenX, which was touted by its makers as a «safer» alternative to the original PFC, known as C8.

The Environmental Protection Agency has described Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal as «one of the nation's most extensively contaminated water bodies.»

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A fact sheet from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indicates that about 90 % of exposure for humans is due to eating contaminated food, since dioxins and furans typically accumulate in the fatty tissues of fish and animals that are exposed when these by - products are released into the water and air during manufacturing.2 Dioxin is not metabolized in our bodies, and is passed to our children through the placenta and breastfeeding.3 Sodium Polyacrylate - Super Absorbent Polymers While actual contact with disposable diapers does not contribute to dioxin accumulation in your baby, your baby's bottom does come in contact with chemicals used to increase the absorbency of the diapers.

In all, a personal observation showed that about 96 water bodies combined in Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Central, Eastern and Western Regions have been contaminated with lead, mercury and cyanide chemicals which are being used for illegal gold mining operations in 2013/2014 periods.

For example, a bacterium that finds its ways from contaminated water into the human body notices the difference in temperature.

Otherwise, storm runoff gets contaminated with benzene and other harmful chemicals and can infiltrate into adjacent soil patches or form stormwater that may end up in natural bodies of water.»

As the contaminated water flows into larger and larger bodies of water, it will become increasingly diluted.

If drinking water is contaminated with this metal, it can directly enter the body thereby exposing living tissues to beta and gamma radiation.

Vibrio bacteria live in coastal bodies of salt water or brackish water; people can contract the bugs by swimming in contaminated water or even eating contaminated raw seafood, like oysters.

Unfortunately, we live in a world where the food supply is often depleted of nutrients due to over-farming, the water is often contaminated with chemicals, and even the air can contain compounds that cause havoc in the body.

The list of toxins that could potentially harm our bodies is almost endless; many start their day with a hot shower, the water is contaminated with pollutants, the soap and shampoo is full of chemicals, the toothpaste has fluoride, from there we may have breakfast where the food has been treated with pesticides or even genetically modified.

Chemicals and toxic metals accumulate in the body from exposure to contaminated air, water, food, VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds), beverages and environmental contaminants.

These are foreign pathogens that make their way into our bodies through unclean water, shellfish, pork products and other forms of contaminated food.

They don't leave any harmful chemicals that can leach into bodies of water or even contaminate the soil.

The infection can either occur through direct contact with an infected animal and / or its body fluids or through contact with urine contaminated water.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease of humans and animals that is spread through contaminated water and urine or other body fluids from an infected animal.

Dogs that live in warm climates, spend lots of time outdoors, have access to potentially contaminated bodies of water, and are exposed to wild or farm animals should receive routine leptospirosis vaccinations.

It is present in the urine of infected animals, so bodies of water, food (for instance, if rodents have access), soil, or even the beach (California sea lions carry leptospirosis) can easily be contaminated.

All of waste discharged into the canal over time has made the Gowanus Canal into one of the nation's most seriously contaminated bodies of water.

However, it is estimated that 90 percent of the country's surface water bodies are contaminated.

Discharge from sewage treatment plants and runoff from agricultural fields contaminate bodies of water with excess phosphorus, leading to eutrophication.

However, even during the first few days following the spill, due to rain, water was pumped from the contaminated cove to the main body of Lake Conway to keep the cove from flooding homes or the highway.

When polluted bodies of water flood, the soil is then exposed to those toxicities and the land is contaminated.