Sentences with phrase «how damaging the chemicals»

I know from experience how damaging the chemicals and synthetic fragrances found in standard skin care products are to children.

Researchers have yet to determine how damaging those chemicals are in the small amounts produced.

Greenpeace knows that the more people realize how damaging these chemicals are, the more pressure people shopping for outdoor gear will place on manufacturers to find safer alternatives.

Not exact matches

«If our goal is to protect human embryos, we can not afford to wait until we understand everything about how a chemical might inflict its damage.»

When asked how the UK could guarantee this would not cause the damage that many fear it could, Mr Shannon said: «We have to look at how Syria deliver their chemical weapons — they deliver them through their aeroplanes and dropping the barrel bombs upon the innocents and civilians.»

Eventually, scientists might even be able to learn how to re-modify damaged genes to reduce the risk for diseases, and the finding could help researchers identify chemical compounds and foods that fight disease by repairing those genes.

If this environment is harmed by chemicals, such as through damage to gut cells, it could impact the health of the organisms and would lead to a number of fish diseases but this technique will enable us to increase the tests we can carry out and improve our understanding of how to preserve gut health.»

Pharmaceuticals and household chemicals in rivers and streams may be affecting how fish mate and spawn, scientists warn, even when the substances are not present at levels high enough to cause visible damage.

Exactly how the tea protects against heart disease remains unclear, but Kuriyama speculates that antioxidant chemicals in green tea, called polyphenols, reduce the action of free radicals in the body, which may damage cells.

One study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City looked at 373 sites across India, the Philippines and Indonesia, and calculated how much damage elevated levels of lead, chromium and other chemicals imparted to human health.

Earlier work had shown that chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are found in cigarette smoke, can kill mouse eggs, so the team set out to find out how PAHs do their damage.

Oscar Fernandez - Capetillo, Karolinska Institutet / SciLifeLab, and colleagues, have explored how mammalian cells might become resistant to chemical inhibitors of ATR, a molecule involved in sensing DNA damage.

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A report published Monday by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and ClientEarth shows how a leaked proposal from chemical lobbying groups could damage future protective legislation on toxic chemicals.

Seiden, 72, was one of the world's experts on how drugs, especially the amphetamines, could selectively damage certain neurons, particularly those that produced the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin — chemical signals that relay messages within the brain.

The C8 Science Panel, a study of 70,000 residents in the Ohio River Valley who were exposed to PFOA from a DuPont manufacturing facility in Parkersburg, West Virginia provided a significant piece of what scientists know about how perfluorinated chemicals damage human bodies.

Researchers have long sought to understand how it is that using a chemical designed to specifically target bacteria could actually bring about such damaging effects on human cells.

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.

«As an example, educate pet owners why caustic chemicals such as bleach should not be used as a deodorizer around pets or humans, and how it can damage household surfaces too.

It is frightening how easily pesticides and other chemicals can infiltrate the body's protective barriers — and the damage they do.

This study completes the picture, by demonstrating how the chemical exposures damage the viability of the adult fish.