Sentences with phrase «organic pollutants found»

Eating wild - caught salmon can help protect you from contamination such as pesticides and persistent organic pollutants found in farm - raised salmon.

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Every flake of plastic cup or shard of toothbrush handle is a sponge for persistent organic pollutants (POPs)-- potentially hazardous compounds that do not degrade easily and cling to any hard surface they find.

A new global analysis of seafood found that fish populations throughout the world's oceans are contaminated with industrial and agricultural pollutants, collectively known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

In one of the first studies of its kind, scientists have found that tar sands production in Canada is one of North America's largest sources of secondary organic aerosols — air pollutants that affect the climate, cloud formation and public health.

Prior research found that common fragranced products — even those labeled «green» or «organic» — emit a range of hazardous air pollutants, the researchers behind the new study said.

In this study, Spanish researchers examined 76 samples of organic and conventional beef, chicken, and lamb for 33 carcinogenic pollutants that are commonly found in nonorganic meat.

If you can't find organic, make sure to wash your apples well in warm water to remove exterior pollutants before eating.

The studies have identified important health risk factors including: persistent organic pollutants consumed through contaminated food may be linked to diabetes; eating meat or eggs before pregnancy may raise gestational diabetes risk; taking in less than a single alcoholic drink per day may still raise the risk of breast cancer; daily consumption of the amount of cholesterol found in one egg may shorten a woman's lifespan as much as limited smoking; meat intake may be an infertility risk factor; there's a positive association between teen milk intake, especially skim milk, and teen acne; and nut consumption does not lead to expected weight gain.

They are known as «persistent organic pollutants» (or POPs), and they can be found in a variety of products ranging from pesticides to solvents to pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals and more.

PNNL scientists found that secondary organic aerosols formed in the presence of the toxic pollutant known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) trapped the PAH molecules inside, shielding them from degradation.

Releases of dioxin, pthalates, furans, and other persistent organic pollutants are released into the air and find their way into drinking water.