Sentences with phrase «effects of chemical burns»

Typical side effects of chemical burns in dogs are:

Not exact matches

A leading ecologist with decades of experience in the effects of disturbance on ecosystems, Woodwell shows that diverse industrial activities — from nuclear power production to fossil - fuel burning to contemporary agricultural practices — are affecting the chemical processes that underpin all life on Earth.

Potential adverse side effects: Bone - marrow suppression leading to reduced numbers of white blood cells and a risk of infection, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; severe chemical burns if chemotherapy drugs leak from the vein into surrounding tissues.

Additionally, inhalation of toxic chemicals from burning fuels, metal, plastics, and even plant material (alkaloids) can cause mild to severe toxic effects to internal organs.

So although much more CO2 is released by fossil fuel burning, smaller amounts of these high - greenhouse effect chemicals can cause equal damage.

This burning effect makes setting a safe limit difficult, because the testing of animals with higher levels of chemical intended to mimic a lifetime of low exposure can produce symptoms related to the corrosivity of the chemical that would not be experienced when the chemical is «diluted» by eating food contaminated with it.

Also, the amount of energy converted from solar to chemical energy will be a small effect compared to the reduction in greenhouse warming resulting from taking CO2 out of the atmosphere (much like burning coal doesn't release much energy compared to the increase in greenhouse effect warming), so you don't even have the right negative feedback.