Sentences with phrase «includes known carcinogens»

While each company's formula is a closely guarded secret, in some cases the mix includes known carcinogens.

Tom Lent of the Healthy Building Network notes in Environmental Building News that «Polystyrene depends on some highly toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens, from the beginning to the end of its life cycle.»

The chemicals used during fracking include known carcinogens and other toxic elements.

Not exact matches

Afterwards, the smoke residue and its 100 + known carcinogens go where you go, including into your baby's room.

Formaldehyde: Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, and yet it's still present in common household products - including baby products and furniture.

Included are volatile organic compounds like trichloroethylene and benzene that are known carcinogens.

«Even if only a small percentage reaches the ground, this could be problematic because gasoline contains harmful chemicals including benzene, a known human carcinogen,» Hilpert says.

The list of known carcinogens now includes a chemical called ortho - toluidine, which is used to make rubber chemicals, pesticides and dyes.

Others include: toxic by - products from polysilicon manufacture dumped indiscriminately in China; air pollution spewed from coal - fired power plants that provide the electricity needed to produce photovoltaics; and recovering cadmium, a known human carcinogen that is a primary ingredient in some thin - film solar cells, from mining slimes.

Known and suspected carcinogens including asbestos are among the first compounds to be scrutinized under a reformed law

For instance, the database shows that conventionally grown collard greens likely contains residues of some 46 different chemicals including nine known / probable carcinogens, 25 suspected hormone disruptors, 10 neurotoxins and eight developmental / reproductive toxins — not to mention 25 different compounds known to be harmful to honeybees.

Cooking meat at high temperatures or over an open flame, such as when barbecuing or pan-frying, is known to result in the formation of carcinogens, including 2 - amino -1-methyl-6-phenyl-imidazo (4,5 - b) pyridine (PhIP) and amino -3,8-dimethylimidazo (4,5 - f) quinoxaline (MeIQx).

Some solvents including chloroform and benzene a common ingredient in gasoline are known to be carcinogenic, while many others are considered by the World Health Organization to be likely carcinogens.

These could include formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen and acetaldehyde, a probable human carcinogen.

Pollutants in water include arsenic, a known carcinogen, and mercury, which is linked to nervous system disorders, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

We've got formaldehyde (a probable human carcinogen), mercury (a neurotoxin and the second most toxic substance known to man), aluminum (a known neurotoxin, 75 % of which is retained in a newborn and up to 40 % in an adult and is stored in the kidneys, spleen, liver, heart, brain, lymph nodes, and muscle), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (a hazardous substance), MSG (a neurotoxin), 2 - Phenoxyethoanol (a hazardous toxin), and polysorbate 80 (a toxin associated with serious adverse effects including death), to name a few.

Acrylamide is a known carcinogen and possible neurotoxin, found in heat - treated carbohydrate - rich foods, including potato chips, french fries and other roasted or fried potato foods.

A study by the Environmental Working Group found a total of 167 chemicals (the average was 91) in the blood and urine of the study's participants, including 76 carcinogens, 94 chemicals known to be toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 79 that can cause birth defects or abnormal fetal development.

Carcinogens known to be related to breast cancer that may be affected include hetero - cyclic amines (Ito et al., 1991; Knekt et al., 1994), which have been shown to adsorb to fiber (Harris et al., 1996).

Coal tar hair dyes and other coal tar ingredients (including Aminophenol, Diaminobenzene, Phenylenediamine): a byproduct of coal processing that is a known carcinogen.

Top offenders include hormone and endocrine disruptors (parabens, phthalates, chemical sunscreens like avobenzone and oxybenzone), suspected and known carcinogens (certain preservatives, formaldehyde releasers), and «fragrance,» the most opaque «ingredient» of all, since it is basically a blanket term under which companies can hide any other ingredients they wish, without ever disclosing what they are (in the US this is perfectly legal).

These diluents usually include benzene, a known human carcinogen.

As referred to above, the heavy rains added so much weight to the floating roof of an oil storage tank at ExxonMobil's Baytown facility that the roof partially sank, and caused the more volatile petroleum - based components — including known and suspected carcinogens and otherwise toxic substances — to evaporate and release harmful air emissions in sufficient quantities to require reports to be submitted to state environmental regulators.

The exact composition of diluents are secret, but the mixture often includes benzene, a known human carcinogen.

The study, which was based on three years of monitoring at sites in western Colorado's Garfield County, found potentially toxic petroleum hydrocarbons in the air near the gas wells, including benzene, a known carcinogen, ethylbenzene, toluene and xylene.

The organization now places bacon, sausage, and hotdogs in a category of known carcinogens, a list that also includes cigarettes, diesel fumes and asbestos.»

Cosmetics companies, including Estée Lauder, Revlon, and Avon, are some of the worst offenders, touting rosy - hued wares that include known reproductive toxins, hormone - disrupting chemicals, and carcinogens.

Polystyrene production also requires many harmful chemicals, including benzene, a known carcinogen and potent volatile organic compound, so it's not exactly a fantastically green or healthy option.