Sentences with phrase «environmental pollutants which»

I am convinced, from wildlife studies and from what I have observed in my practice, this is due to the exposure of female embryos to xenobiotics, environmental pollutants which chemically act like estrogen on the developing baby's tissues.

We also use urine testing to evaluate environmental pollutants which could be causing infertility and put your future child at risk of developmental delays and disease.

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This excess oil can become trapped inside your hair follicles, and when mixed with the dirt and other environmental pollutants with which you come in contact, it can lead to acne.

The Trump administration has already rolled back a number of environmental regulations and moved toward delaying the Clean Water Rule, which clarified the Clean Water Act to prevent industries from dumping pollutants into waterways and wetlands.

Tahini contains natural lecithin, which reduces blood fat levels and provides protection from environmental pollutants such as nicotine.

FAST achieves nutrient removal for applications containing high level of nitrogen, a water pollutant that has increased significantly in industrial, commercial and municipal applications and which is an environmental concern particularly to resources, engineering, construction, hospitality, marine, agribusiness and public facility and water and waste water infrastructure organizations.

Evidence seems to suggest that which aromas we lose as we get older has to do with environmental exposure to pollutants or viruses.

This environmental pollutant, which has been in the headlines for months because of its extremely high toxicity, has a hormone - like effect.

That filing, which has been called the most important environmental lawsuit ever to go to the Supreme Court, demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act — something the plaintiffs saw as a very reasonable request since the Clean Air Act defines a pollutant as a substance that is damagienvironmental lawsuit ever to go to the Supreme Court, demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act — something the plaintiffs saw as a very reasonable request since the Clean Air Act defines a pollutant as a substance that is damagiEnvironmental Protection Agency regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act — something the plaintiffs saw as a very reasonable request since the Clean Air Act defines a pollutant as a substance that is damaging to humans.

Major elements include boosting science spending, which will rise 9.1 % this year to 271 billion yuans ($ 41 billion), reducing bureaucratic barriers for scientists, and improving environmental protection while curbing carbon emissions and other pollutants.

Further studies and environmental monitoring could help identify the most harmful pollutants, which ones should be targeted for reduction in gasoline formulations and in optimization of engines and exhaust treatment technologies, the researchers conclude.

Meanwhile, existing coal - fired power plants, many of which date to the 1970s or earlier, will continue to face pressure to close as other environmental regulations target conventional coal pollutants like nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the hottest environmental issues around — whether hormonelike pollutants are causing reproductive and other health problems in humans — got some attention today from the White House, which issued a rough sketch for a federal research strategy on the topic.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey will use this and other data to determine which areas they should monitor closely for pollutants.

But in a world which does not place a cost on environmental degradation, but sees the environment as a free resource, it is not surprising that a market - led energy policy lets industry dump sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and other pollutants indiscriminately into the atmosphere unless prevented by legal regulation.

According to the principal investigator of this research project, Juan Pedro Arrebola, from the Biohealth Research Institute (IBS), «there is currently an increasing tendency in the impact of a diversity of different types of cancer, which can be attributed in part to the influence of several environmental factors, such as exposure to certain chemical pollutants.»

While this type of sampling is rudimentary, the bucket tests were more than what Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality had done; the regulatory agency relied mainly on Shell's emissions data, which indicated that concentration levels of pollutants fell below the permitted state limits.

I got a new laboratory of research in bioinformatics and computational chemistry, in which we develop mostly studies in drug design and in silico evaluation of environmental pollutants, and I also proposed a new master program in Bioinformatics.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a form of motor neuron disease and is the subject of a paper in JAMA Neurology which reports that environmental pollutants measured in the blood were associated with the disease.

We also compelled the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw a controversial water permit for the Black Mesa coal mine, which had been discharging toxic heavy metal and pollutants.

The new study, published last week in the journal Environmental Research Letters, showed that emissions of sulfur dioxide, a common air pollutant released during coal and fossil fuel combustion, increased from 2000 to 2006, after which they started to decline.

Antidepressants, such as venlafaxine (VFX), which are considered emerging environmental pollutants, are increasingly more present in the marine environment, and recent evidence suggest that they might have adverse effects on fish behaviour.

Finally, it is recognized that environmental changes wrought by humans, compounded by population expansion, have resulted in an increase the types and the intensification of the pollutants within the environment, many of which are directly associated with neoplastic disease and were not part of environments in the past [35].

This happens because environmental pollutants and other toxins are stored in fat, and when that fat breaks down during weight loss, the toxins are released into the bloodstream where they can cause oxidative stress, which has been linked to everything from hormonal imbalances to cancer and infertility.

The Environmental Protection Agency has found indoor air can be filled with more pollutants than outdoor air, which can ultimately lead to symptoms of «sick building syndrome»: tiredness, fogginess, and lack of concentration.

We're exposed to so many environmental stressors daily, environmental pollutants, chemicals in our food and water, the side effects of stress — all of which cause a toxic build up in our bodies that needs to be flushed out.

For example, exposure to toxic metals such as mercury can contribute to malnutrition and, conversely, malnutrition may also increase susceptibility to mercury toxicity.39, 40 Mercury is also a potent immunosuppressant, which has implications in low - resource settings where children already face numerous other health challenges and environmental pollutants.41

Himalayan salt, which gets its pink color from trace amounts of iron, is considered to be the purest form of salt in the world because it's mined from ancient salt deposits and has not been contaminated by the environmental pollutants that other sea salts have been exposed to.

Wheatgrass contains beneficial enzymes making it a powerful detoxifier, especially of the liver and blood, which protects us against carcinogens and helps our body in neutralizing toxins and environmental pollutants that why it can be a powerful tool in weight loss and for the skin.

Which is why the first line of defense against free radical scavenging is to limit environmental assaults to the skin by wearing a hat, applying chemical - free sunscreen and avoiding cigarette smoke and other chemical pollutants.

Clove contains significant amounts of an active component called eugenol, which has made it the subject of numerous health studies, including studies on the prevention of toxicity from environmental pollutants like carbon tetrachloride, digestive tract cancers, and joint inflammation.

When exfoliating in the morning, this leaves pores open and more susceptible to more congestion coming through from makeup, and environmental pollutants, which of course then leads to more acne + irritation + congestion + premature aging.

Tap water, prescription drugs, chemicals, environmental pollutants, personal care products, processed food, food additives, electromagnetic radiation (EMR from cell phones, cordless phones, microwaves and computers) and mineral depletion of the soil in which our food is grown are all saboteurs of good health.

Your skin will show clues of aging which include wrinkles, facial lines, and sagging skin because of the action of age; environmental pollutants; inappropriate foods and drinks; sun or sunlamp damage; harmful medications, creams, or oils; skin being stretched because of stretching, incorrect exercises and / or massage; free radicals in your food, the air you breath, liquids you swim in, drink; and from the natural environment.

LIFESTYLE: not sleeping 8 hours or sleeping poorly; working too much; stress caused by relationships, work, family; no exercise or stress relief like enjoyable activities, meditation; living in a dense, urban area; environmental toxins or pollutants (including cleaning products, cosmetics) POOR DIGESTION: food that's not properly broken down causes GI irritation, which results in inflammation and leaky gut syndrome.

I then give an example of that which is well known in human physiology (some protection from environmental pollutants).

Like other seafood, it may also contain environmental pollutants like heavy metals, which can cause health problems if they are ingested regularly in the long term.

We focus on solutions for common pet skin issues such as dandruff, itchy skin and hot spots — which many pets experience nowadays due to dietary and environmental pollutants — as well as specific breed coat issues.

Carol M. Browner, the new White House coordinator for climate and energy, is a seasoned environmental regulator and campaigner who has focused on cap - and - trade legislation, which would steadily raise the cost of unfettered fossil - fuel use, and rule - making as driving the necessary change (as they did with the 20th - century basket of air pollutants).

Following the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007)-- which clarified that greenhouse gases are an «air pollutant» subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act (CAA)-- the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated a series of greenhouse gas - related rules.

She asked him to explain his dissent in the 2007 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas emitted by human activities, as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.

The pollutant is not carbon dioxide, which the Environmental Protection Agency is adding to its list of pollutants.

The topics on which we believe additional information and analysis are necessary include the purpose and need for the project, potential greenhouse gas emissions associated with the project, air pollutant emissions at the receiving refineries, pipeline safety / spill response, potential impacts to environmental justice communities, wetlands and migratory birds.

But while EVs don't directly emit pollutants, the power to recharge them is about half fueled by coal, which has its own environmental issues.

«It emerged at the international level, through the combination of, among others: (1) the conservationist interests of big environmental NGOs in the North, (2) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the North seeking low - cost alternatives to supposedly «offset» their continued and excessive emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, (3) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the South seeking to obtain financial resources for the «protection» of forests in their countries, (4) the interests of corporations that could profit from market - tradable «offset» credits, including through speculation on secondary (derivatives) markets, which would allow them to continue destroying the forests for the extraction of timber, minerals or oil, the establishment of monoculture plantations, etc., thus expanding their business opportunities, and (5) the interests of consultants and other actors involved in financial capital markets who want to turn «unexploited» forests into a new market for this type of capital, through the commercialization of «environmental services» such as carbon sequestration, among others.»

For example, between 1990 and 2014, U.S. refiners spent $ 154.4 billion on environmental protection technology, which has led to cleaner burning fuels that reduce the emission of criteria air pollutants.»

Below is a list of webinars offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor airPLUS (IAP) Program, which builds on the ENERGY STAR Certified Homes program, requiring additional indoor air quality (IAQ) protections to deliver a home that minimizes exposure to airborne pollutants and contaminants.

This week the Commission for Environmental Cooperation released a report, Taking Stock, which compares the Pollutant Release and Transfer Reports for 2004 of the USA, Canada and Mexico.

Inside this book, we take a look at ten plants, originally studied by NASA in the 70s and 80s, which were proven to be effective at cleaning the air and mitigating common indoor environmental pollutants.