Sentences with phrase «damaging chemical plants»

They paid for carbon off sets under the World Bank Clean Development Mechanism, to stop climate damaging chemical plants that were never built, or built only to not produce a certain powerful greenhouse gas.

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It is about supporting a system of sustainable agricultural management that promotes soil health and fertility through the use of such methods as crop rotation and cover cropping, which nourish plants, foster species diversity, help combat climate change, prevent damage to valuable water resources, and protect farmers and farmersâ $ ™ families from exposure to harmful chemicals.

Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and colleagues have now discovered that the mix of GLVs produced by a tobacco plant damaged by a caterpillar and one damaged in the absence of caterpillars were subtly different.

Like many plants, when tobacco is damaged — by hungry herbivores or otherwise — it gives off chemicals called green leaf volatiles (GLVs).

(Monsanto's patented DNA enables plants to resist the herbicide glyphosate, allowing farmers to spread the weed - killing chemical widely without damaging crops.)

The earthquake damaged schools, hospitals, roads, railway lines, factories, chemical plants, power lines and dams.

They also draw attention to chemicals plants around Belgrade which could pose a threat to the 1 million people living nearby if damaged.

But, it does open up the possibility that plant - based diets may play a dual role in protecting us against industrial pollutants, reducing exposure — and, potentially, reducing some of the damage from any chemicals we're still exposed to, just given how polluted our world has become.

And, as we all know, plants contain so much potential for optimal human health because they help us withstand a host of destructive forces, such as radiation, oxidative damage and chemical toxins that could be lethal — if ignored.

The chemicals are in higher concentrations in younger plants because the young plant is more vulnerable to damage; it is growing rapidly & usually doesn't have the thicker dermal lining that the mature plant has.

Antioxidants are potent chemicals in plants that help control oxidative damage (hence anti-oxidants) in your body.

At this new moon, we may also get the scope of damage from polluted waters and chemical plant explosions in Houston.

Learn to read a pet food label and avoid foods with chemical preservatives (BHT, BHA, ethoxyquin) and animal and plant by - products that can damage a pet's immune system and do not help maintain health as much as foods with natural preservatives and no by - products.

Between the shutdown of oil refineries and chemical plants, impaired roads and ports, and widespread damage to homes, businesses and cars, the economic toll from Hurricane Harvey is now being estimated as the second - costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, trailing only the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

All members of the Lilium group produce a chemical (present in all parts of the plant) that can damage cat kidneys, including:

You should also keep in mind that unripe potatoes contain a chemical called solanine which can be damaging to your cat's nervous system and digestion — you should also steer clear of the leaves and stems of the potato plant.

Even potted plants can contain harmful chemicals, plus the pet owners would rather not let the cat damage these elements of their home décor.

More than a dozen Texas chemical and refining plants reported damaged storage tanks, ruptured containment systems and malfunctioning pressure relief valves as a result of Hurricane Harvey, portending safety problems that might not become apparent for months or years, according to a Houston Chronicle review of regulatory filings.

Industrial plants fill the air with smoke and dangerous chemicals, pollute the lakes and streams with waste and toxic by products, and wear out or damage parts of the surrounding land.

The most egregious space likely arises when it comes to «externalities» of pollution and environmental impacts: such as diseases from chemical industrial plant waste, damaged ecosystems from agricultural runoff, and leeching chemicals from trash threatening drinking water.

Signs of possible liver damage from taking Tylenol: • Stomach pain • Excessive drowsiness • Concentration problems • Jaundice • Confusion • Nausea The Liver The liver is the body's chemical processing plant, flowing through a huge percentage of blood that is circulating each minute.