Sentences with phrase «organic pollutant levels»

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An animal's milk is a pretty direct indicator of the level of pollutants she has ingested and so choosing organic dairy products is a surefire way to reduce your own pesticide intake!

By using products bearing the GREENGUARD Children & SchoolsSM or GREENGUARD Gold Certification mark, parents, teachers and school officials can rest easy knowing these products have been independently tested and verified to meet strict emission levels of pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde and phthalates.

Damage to the bacteria, which clean up organic pollutants, occurred at very low levels of exposure, equivalent to two drops in an Olympic - size swimming pool, according to the study conducted by scientists at Utah State University and University of Utah.

A higher organic carbon load might lead to the development of ecosystems where microorganisms mainly feed on dissolved organic carbon, thus opening a way for the pollutants to enter the food web and cause more problems in higher level organisms, like fish,» says Matyas Ripszam.

Toxic chemicals are accumulating in the ecosystems of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, researchers warn in the first comprehensive study to assess levels of certain organic pollutants in that part of the world.

«Moreover, in the absence of information regarding levels of persistent organic pollutants across participating cohorts, our hypothesis that fish - associated contaminant exposure may play a role in the observed associations remains speculative,» the authors write.

The report says the water «in and around the Union Carbide factory site in Bhopal still contains extremely unsafe levels of carbon tetrachloride and other persistent organic pollutants, solvents, nickel and other heavy metals».

Also reduce consumption of animal meat and fats, which may contain high levels of pesticide DDE and other persistent organic pollutants, and switch to organic milk.

In the five years since 3M phased out products based on the persistent organic pollutant perfluorooctane sulfonate, levels of perfluoronated contaminants in the blood of U.S. residents have dropped by half.

The UN banned 12 of the most persistent organic pollutants, the «dirty dozen», and levels of these in the Arctic have been falling but they are still present.

So it seems that if the oceans are overfished, and if the whales are killed, and the water is high in CO2 and pollutants, and acid levels are high, and the temperature is high then organic matter becomes starved and denuded and dies off.

Chemical oxygen demand (COD)- The quantity of oxygen required for the complete oxidation of organic chemical compounds in water; used as a measure of the level of organic pollutants in natural and waste waters.

In addition to methane emissions, natural gas sector operations and infrastructure represent a significant source of CO2; volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are chemicals that contribute to ground - level ozone and smog; and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).