Sentences with phrase «organic pollutants like»

Plastics attract and store persistent organic pollutants like flame retardants and other industrial chemicals.

Once in the water, plastic microbeads attract persistent organic pollutants like flame retardants and other industrial chemicals linked to human health problems — even cancer.

Once in the water, microplastics attract persistent organic pollutants like flame retardants and other industrial chemicals linked to human health problems — even cancer.

And within a century after that, melting could begin to release waste stored at the camp, including sewage, diesel fuel, persistent organic pollutants like PCBs, and radiological waste from the camp's nuclear generator, which was removed during decommissioning.

National Marine Fisheries Service lab staff are studying the blubber for organic pollutants like PCBs and flame retardants.

(Toxins that can make it into your bloodstream include environmental contaminants like the heavy metals lead and mercury, persistent organic pollutants like PCBs and dioxins, and solvents.)

Not exact matches

We should instead focus on issues like damage to local landscapes and waterways by strip mining, inadequate cleanup, hazards to miners, and the release of real pollutants and poisons like mercury, other heavy metals, and organic carcinogens.

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.

Fatty fish like salmon and sardines serve as a middleman by eating algae and storing these fats, along with persistent organic pollutants and mercury, in their fat stores.

The standards we recommend in this report would also significantly reduce emissions of other air pollutants, specifically smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic pollutants like benzene that cause cancer and are associated with a host of other health problems.

Unfortunately, the emission of CO2 is an inevitable byproduct of the combustion of fossil fuels (or most any organic matter)... It is not just a product of incomplete combustion (or contaminants in the fuel) like the pollutants like CO, SO2, and NOx.

Microscopic plastic particles like microfibers act like sponges in the ocean, soaking up other synthetic chemicals and organic pollutants.

the always «on» hood acts in eliminating odors and pollutants from organic molecules suspended in the air like cigarette smoke and smells from cleaning supplies.»

Some of these samples are also shared with scientists who are studying different aspects of plastic pollution in the oceans, like the presence of persistent organic pollutants.

Just like the paint on your walls, the stuff holding your house together can off - gas volatile organic compounds and other hazardous air pollutants that are not good for you, but you can avoid the headache (literally) of dealing with these with something like Titebond's GreenChoice.