Sentences with phrase «include other contaminants»

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Hormone changes due to induced abortion may indeed be related to breast cancer, but there are other known causes of hormone changes that we should worry about, including the widespread use of chemical contraceptives, fertility drugs that cause hormone surges, increased obesity and fat content in the diet that change the body's estrogen metabolism, and last but not least, chemical contaminants in the environment that mimic estrogen....

Its X-ray models can detect a variety of contaminants including metal, glass, bones, shells, stones, hard rubber and plastic down to 0.3 mm in size, and can also be used for other quality control operations such as product grading by length, presence of clips, voids in product, product deformation, missing or damaged pieces, and fill - level control.

Product quality is maintained through the use of Ishida X-ray systems combined with metal detection which rigorously exclude metal and other contaminants (including bones in fillets), while other traysealer features check that the correct modified atmosphere is used for each product.

The machines are monitoring Olympia's market - leading range of dairy desserts, including rice pudding, and vanilla and chocolate puddings and creams, for contaminants such as metal, glass, ceramics and other non-metal foreign bodies, to ensure product quality is of the highest standards.

Regular sanitation is important for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the following: bottles have crevices that easily harbor bacteria, babies are often sick even without symptoms; formula and breastmilk spoil quickly and can leave contaminants, and others.

BPI is the largest U.S. producer of lean finely textured beef, a low - fat product made from chunks of beef including trimmings, and exposed to tiny bursts of ammonium hydroxide to kill E. coli bacteria and other contaminants.

Products were screened for over 130 toxins including heavy metals, BPA, pesticides and other contaminants with links to cancer and other health conditions in both humans and animals.

It would not include claims related to other contaminants, should any be discovered, or contamination from other locations, he said.

«As I stated last month, when I released results of our testing program that included over 150 residences across the City of Buffalo, out of an abundance of caution, we are expanding our voluntary initiative to make sure all water we deliver is safe from lead and other contaminants,» said Mayor Byron Brown.

Some were for elevated lead levels, the problem in Flint, but the data set also included violations for coliform bacteria — a group of microbes that is easy to detect and serves as an indicator of bacterial contamination in general — nitrates, arsenic, and other contaminants.

Scientists also found traces of other contaminants, including oil, gas or metals, in 11 of 39 wells tested there since March.

Prevailing winds across the Pacific are pushing thousands of tons of other contaminants — including mercury, sulfates, ozone, black carbon, and desert dust — over the ocean each year.

The authors call for further studies «to evaluate the many additional chemicals used in, and produced by, UOG processes to better quantify the concentrations of these and other contaminants in environmental samples and to assess the effects of exposure during other sensitive windows of development, including pregnancy and lactation, puberty, and the aging female.»

For example, the bacteria are capable of reducing other contaminants including selenium and tellurium.

«The tests confirm that we have generated new tracers that allow us to identify coal ash contaminants in the environment and delineate them from contaminants from other sources in the same watershed, including hydraulic fracturing,» Vengosh said.

Regulators refer to such waste as salt water or brine, but it often includes less benign contaminants, including fracking chemicals, benzene and other substances known to cause cancer.

Clean food means certified organic or food that has been verified to be free of GMOs and other contaminants, including pesticides, herbicides, toxins, and synthetics.

But if possible do your best to buy water distiller and drink distilled water (which is the best and most economical way to filter water) or if you still prefer filtered water install (under sink) a very effective reverse osmosis filter which includes carbon filter, reverse osmosis filter, alkaline filter and other elements which greatly improve the quality of tap water removing as much as 95 to 99 % of contaminants found in water.

Other toxins worth avoiding include contaminants in unfiltered water, pesticides in non-organic foods, and the polluted air of city environments.

It contains no detectable levels of heavy metals, microbes or other contaminants, including no gluten.

It requires the seller to have their well tested by a certifiedwater operator and laboratory for a number of substances including bacteria, chemicals, metals and other contaminants.

First and foremost, before taking a water sample, a person's hands must be clean, and free from odors, food grease and any other contaminants, including hand sanitizers.

While past studies have revealed that direct exposure to anthropogenic perfluorinated contaminants like PFOA and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) isn't a serious health concern, scientists have determined that other chemicals, including fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs), serve as indirect exposure sources when they break down to form them.

By including environmental pros who can identify contaminants and other risks, and create plans to address them, wind power developers can save themselves numerous headaches — as well as a lot of money.

The test results also showed the group of wells contained dozens of other contaminants, including low levels of chemicals known to cause cancer and heavy metals that exceed the agency's «trigger level» and could lead to illness if consumed over an extended period of time.

The town board was responding to residents who had concerns that contaminants from the landfill, which can include toxic metals like arsenic, mercury, and chromium, and a long list of other substances, were leaching into local supplies of drinking water.