Sentences with phrase «on noxious»

Below, you can read why I see good odds that this eco-cataclysm was caused by a communal binge on noxious weeds that thrive in the region in warm, wet springs.
That doesn't absolve China of responsibility to cut back on noxious emissions and it is clear that the fate of the world's climate will be forged in the crucible of its industrial cities.
Now, my tip on chopping onions is to dip your knife in water with every few slices — this will cut down on the noxious fumes that make eyes water.

Not exact matches

We are going to focus our effort on getting rid of all of this harassment on the site and getting rid of some other noxious parts of the site.
Of a state of existence in which surviving souls, condemned to live, crawl about scrofulously among the radiations of insidious poison, among emanations of noxious gases, on a planet unfit for habitation which they must nevertheless inhabit.
Putin's cynical pose as a defender of traditional Christian values and persecuted Christians in the Middle East is part and parcel of this new, cooler Cold War attack on the cognitive security of the West — and too many Christian conservatives have swallowed that noxious bait.
The poisoned atmosphere around the Flyers, for whom bellicosity was as prevalent off the ice as on it, has dissipated with the trade of Eric Lindros, the former franchise player whose noxious relationship with general manager Bob Clarke bedeviled the franchise.
pat him on the head, and try to give him peace... and thank your lucky stars you're not a fan of that noxious heap of dung accross the river.....
These include the clarity regarding the number of blows, the effects of subclinical impact, the influence of other noxious influences on the brain, potential underlying genetic susceptibility and specificity of such histological changes to sport.
In many ways it was that experience and others like it... such as when I found out how many noxious chemicals are in disposable diapers... that «set me off» on this path.
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Open ovens that are turned on can release noxious gases into the house and can be dangerous.
If it wasn't enough of a warning, as many nail technicians wear masks as they work on client's nails, pregnant moms and babies can breathe in these noxious fumes.
«These provisions could threaten everything from Buy America contracting provisions to New York State's ban on hydro - fracking and setting discounted prices for vital prescription drugs to regulations to protect consumer from noxious financial industry practices,» they wrote.
There, they reproduce and feast on oxygen - carrying hemoglobin proteins, releasing noxious byproducts.
There was a lot of focus about M dwarfs» being bad places to be because early on they give off an awful lot of noxious radiation, almost as bad as pulsars.
Bacteria, which feed on methane and other noxious chemicals, provide sustenance for three - foot - long hollow tube worms and tiny clams.
These make normal medical examinations impossible, forcing responders to rely on «noxious stimulus triage» — nicknamed kick triage — to sort out the living from the dead.
The toilet on the intensive care unit at Al - Karkh Hospital looked like a sewage nightmare of the most noxious order.
Called mustard because of its odor and the enormous yellowish blisters, or bullae, that it forms on the skin, bis (2 - chloroethyl) sulfide — the primary member of a family of noxious compounds — debuted on the battlefield in July 1917, when Germany used it against U.K. and Canadian soldiers near Ypres, Belgium.
Richards and colleagues write that while the Deccan eruptions probably spewed massive amounts of carbon dioxide and other noxious, climate - modifying gases into the atmosphere, «It's still unclear if this contributed to the demise of most of life on Earth at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.»
And being a staff scientist these days is quite an appealing way to practice science,» because you can concentrate on doing the work, and not get tangled up in the sometimes noxious process of fighting for funding.
The main theory on the aging is based on the unbalance between the presence of exogenous and endogenous noxious stimuli and the body defensive mechanisms.
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (or MARPOL) calls for signatory nations to enforce bans on dumping oil and noxious liquids into the ocean from ships, but the disposal of hazardous substances, sewage, and plastics remains optional.
The chemical industry relies on catalysts for 90 percent of its processes — everything from refining oil, turning petroleum into plastic, and producing fertilizers food and medicine, to scrubbing the air of noxious pollutants emitted from cars and factories.
By genetic manipulation, Bargmann and her team swapped the receptors for two different odorants between two neurons, and produced opposite effects to those that normally occur — a receptor for an attractive odor, now on a neuron that usually responded to noxious odors, caused worms to move away from the attractive odor source.
In 2002, she identified another four genes that promote social feeding and which are found on neurons responding to stressful stimuli such as pain and noxious chemicals.
To make life more complicated for the microbes, Rittmann's team also exposed them to some noxious compounds that might exist on Enceladus that are known to inhibit growth, such as formaldehyde, ammonia, and carbon monoxide.
To confirm that macrophages throw an entirely different molecular switch to turn on Nr4a1, the group exposed mice missing the monocyte E2 switch to a noxious toxin found in bacterial membranes, as a way of seeing whether macrophages can still mount normal inflammatory responses.
Three studies by Kong et al. [145]--[147] applied an expectancy model, and found positive expectation can increase acupuncture analgesia based on the objective fMRI signal changes in response to noxious stimuli.
I mean, it's not going to smell like roses, but it shouldn't be foul or noxious on an ongoing basis.
These may have noxious effect on the intestinal tract: antibiotics, NSAIDS (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and prescription drugs), excess alcohol, other medications, GMO foods, poor diet (refined sugar, refined grains, lack of produce, lack of fiber, over - eating, food additives / preservatives).
So how can we explain people who are on a whole food plant based diet with little or no processed food who pass noxious hydrogen sulfide gas?
Rather than take on the entire movie — which includes an inexplicable ending, piss - poor greenscreen, and at least a dozen other noxious elements — let's look at the two most infamous moments, which represent everything wrong about this film.
Daring to face these often noxious, seemingly empty phenomena on aesthetic terms, and taking on a degree of their flatness and simplicity, Coppola renders them surprisingly substantial.
13 Days (Roger Donaldson) Rules of Engagement (William Friedkin) The Patriot (Roland Emmerich) Or American Psychosis: a hokily exciting re-creation of the Cuban missile crisis as Clintonian mettle - test (JFK's Bill, Bobby's Stephanopoulos, O'Donnell's Al Gore); a noxious Giulianian concoction with a slippery POV that cheats on an absurd «moral dilemma» (whether or not to slaughter a crowd of Yemenites); another cultural hash from Emmerich, who recasts the British in the mold of his homeland's military circa 1940.
Carter Burwell's score makes a full appearance on this side (along with four noxious hard rock cuts — why is metal considered scary?)
Unapologetic with its indecent, wry wink at unconventional Church - related moral fragility, The Little Hours is literally and figuratively a bad habit for a trio of noxious nuns on the run.
«Phoenix is frighteningly believable as a man teetering on the edge of sanity, and putting his noxious talents to the best use he can» — Chris Knight, The National Post
On http://www2.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html, find the three examples of noxious gases that form part of the issue with air pollution.
Lest you think that there is a scintilla of truth to Vogel's «we're all on the same team» claim, it is dispelled quickly in the form of a noxious and offensive screed by Jeff Bryant that's accessible on the CTA home page.
The motorists» association says results show emissions of noxious gases up to four times the regulatory limits, while greenhouse - gas emissions and fuel consumption was up to 35 % higher than figures shown on the government - mandated Fuel Consumption Label.
On the morning of December 3, 1984 a holding tank of stored MIC (methyl isocyanate) at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, overheated and released over 40 tonnes of the noxious gas.
They're really noxious, because hindsight and regret cause people to make mistakes — to overreact when things are going badly, and so on.
Flea medications kill fleas that are present on your dog and they also emit a scent that is quite noxious to these pests that they don't want to go anywhere near your dog.
More importantly, any bottled water can contain microbes and is on occasion contaminated with noxious chemicals.
The latter's inverted whitewash of lurid inkjet prints revealed within the white tiles on «Rehabilitated Scribble (blue swallowtail / Vyal one)» (2012), echoes the similarly noxious, though oddly alluring sterility of Amalia Ulman «s The Destruction of Experience solo exhibition at Evelyn Yard.
The latest focal point was a United Nations Environment Program report on black carbon and ozone (which, besides being a powerful greenhouse gas is a beneficial shield against radiation high in the atmosphere but a noxious pollutant near the ground).
Updated with reader - author exchange below, 9:28 p.m. Here's a «Your Dot» contribution on the many benefits of managing fires in forests, savannah and peatlands — including slowing global warming, protecting threatened ecosystems and reducing noxious palls of haze.
Acid rain, which is the type of rain that possesses high levels of hydrogen ions, still has noxious and vile effects on streams, lakes, forests, aquatic animals, infrastructure and plants.
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