Sentences with phrase «hundreds of other substances»

Not exact matches

What people don't realize, is that there are hundreds of chemicals in food, water, and air, that can have a similar effect, either individually, or in combination with other substances, or when other substances are not present.

Few substances penetrate the skin as rapidly as DMSO, which can carry hundreds of other molecules through the skin as well.

Commercial - scale efforts have existed for over a hundred years that convert corn, sugar cane and other plant - based substances into a wide array of products, ranging from fuel such as corn - based ethanol to ingredients in many consumer goods, such as soap and detergents.

Historically, it has been used in cosmetics, paints, and other substances (in fact, hundreds of lipstick brands still contain lead in higher amounts than bentonite, but that is another post for another day)

- Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar, activating our genetically programed preference for sweetness more than any other substance.

Like hundreds of millions of people, I share the fear of runaway global warming and ocean acidification, of losing the richness of life forms we humans share the planet with, of plastic and other toxics substances contaminating the biosphere.

The rule, Listing of Substitutes for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning and Revision of the Venting Prohibition for Certain Refrigerant Substitutes, lists four climate - friendly hydrocarbon refrigerants as «acceptable» substitutes for ozone depleting substances and other fluorinated gases which are hundreds and thousands of times more damaging to the climate than CO2.

HFCs — used in refrigeration, air conditioning, and other industrial applications — are hundreds to many thousands of times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide and were commercialized as replacements to ozone depleting substances (such as HCFCs), which are being phased out under the Montreal Protocol.

He immediately began assisting with a groundwater case in California involving the exposure of hundreds of students and faculty to the toxic substance Trichloroethylene (TCE) and other dangerous heavy metals.