Sentences with phrase «how synthetic chemicals»

Our knowledge of how synthetic chemicals enter the environment — and our bodies — and how these chemicals interact with living cells has grown enormously.

«We need to know more about how synthetic chemicals are altering ecosystems and interacting with other drivers of global change,» Bernhardt said.

«Our lack of knowledge about how synthetic chemicals alter ecological processes represents a critical blindspot in the rapidly developing field of global ecology.»

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The USDA BANS synthetic chemicals in natural flavors, no matter how small an amount of the natural flavors are used.

I had peace of mind that I was actively limiting my kids» exposure to synthetic chemical residues, while also reflecting on how much easier it is now to buy organic produce from a wide variety of market outlets.

I had peace of mind that I was actively limiting my kids» exposure to synthetic chemical residues, while also reflecting on how...

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

In the first study of its kind, Rice University scientists have used synthetic biology to study how a popular soil amendment called «biochar» can interfere with the chemical signals that some microbes use to communicate.

From the vantage point of developing predictive design and formation approaches for synthetic materials, the observations suggest how chemical energy stored across adjacent regions with unequal distributions of dissolved molecules can use processes derived from biology to drive structural reorganizations for advanced functions.

In 1989 little was known about synthetic chemicals in everyday plastics and how they mimicked estrogens.

Sacanna and his colleague Gi - Ra Yi, a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Suwon, South Korea, together with NYU graduate students Zhe Gong and Theodore Hueckel, created these patchy particles via a new synthetic methodology called «colloidal fusion,» which is not unlike how different pieces of playdough are pieced together.

Given how green linoleum is, cleaning it with harsh synthetic chemicals and maintaining it with polymer - based waxes just wouldn't be right.

Now, listen, I'm not going to preach about how «bad» silicones and other synthetic chemicals are for your hair.

How exactly parabens trigger an increased rate of allergies is a mystery but one possibility is that, given that they are a synthetic chemical, they are simply identified as foreign to the digestive system and treated to an all - out inflammatory assault.

UL Environment — «GREENGUARD Gold — Health Impacts of Indoor Air Quality» Oprah.com — «Count Sleep, Not Harmful Synthetics: How to Find an Eco-Friendly Mattress» UT News — «Crib Mattresses Emit High Rates of Potential Harmful Chemicals, Cockrell School Engineers Find» EWG — «Toxic Dreams: Crib Mattresses May Release Risky Fumes» Archives of Environmental Health — «Respiratory toxicity of mattress emissions in mice.»

In the best - selling Slow Death by Rubber Duck (2010), Lourie and Smith presented the shocking facts about our routine exposure to 80,000 synthetic chemicals; here they share their findings on how to avoid and rid ourselves of these toxins.