Sentences with phrase «into aquatic systems»

We already know that human birth control medicines can have a dire effect on fish, so we'd be a little concerned as to what OvoControl P can do to raptors that may pray on pigeons, or what would happen if the drug got into aquatic systems.

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«Pharmaceuticals that get out into the environment can harm aquatic life, making them react slowly in the wild and disrupting their hormone systems,» notes Olya Keen, Ph.D..

Even in developed countries such as the United States, untreated wastewater routinely finds its way into our water supply, harming aquatic systems and causing illness in people.

Even the fish kingdom is under threat; according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the continual washing away of parabens into sewers and ultimately into natural river systems is damaging the organs of fish, frogs, and other aquatic life.

Finally, I don't want to neglect the many products that enhance the maintenance and growing of live aquatic plants, including water additives, proprietary substrates and even systems that deliver carbon dioxide into the water, a compound that plants use in respiration.

Biological carbon storage in vegetation, soils, trees, and aquatic areas got a boost from the White House, the private sector, and the American Forest Foundation, which announced programs to make natural systems more resilient to climate change, aid plants in capturing carbon, and incorporate natural systems into infrastructure design.

Some of the Hg2 + deposited in aquatic systems and sediments is transformed into organic methylmercury (5).