Sentences with phrase «potent neurotoxin»

It is a highly potent neurotoxin which is dangerous for all humans, and is most dangerous when people are exposed to lead as young children.

Adding to their intrigue, many species of Brachycephalus are beautifully hued, likely as a warning to predators that their skin harbors a highly potent neurotoxin known as tetrodotoxin.

Fluorophosphate esters are among the most potent neurotoxins known.

Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can cause permanent brain damage in children, leading to learning difficulties, aggression and hyperactivity.

The potent neurotoxin is especially dangerous for young children, where it can permanently damage their attention and intelligence.

Lead is a potent neurotoxin, and kids are more at risk.

Like mercury, another heavy metal, lead is a potent neurotoxin which accumulates in soft tissues and bone over time.

But thimerosal is 50 percent mercury by weight, and mercury is known to be a potent neurotoxin, at least in large doses.

Cloaked in sugars, two forms of tutin — a potent neurotoxin that can cause delirium and seizures — have been found lurking in poisoned honey, researchers report online May 21 in the Journal of Natural Products.

The field has been dogged by clashing findings, leading some critics to question whether BMAA truly is a potent neurotoxin.

TOXIC TRAIL Researchers have discovered a trail of covert forms of tutin, a potent neurotoxin, that goes from tutu shrubs (far left) to passionvine hoppers (center left) to European honeybees (center right) to honey (far right).

Network theory says they should indeed match, due to the prominence in both of dimethyl disulphide, a compound that is given off by the noisome dead horse arum plant and is a potent neurotoxin for some cockroaches.

Black with distinctive red stripes down the sides, the frog harbors a potent neurotoxin in its skin, which can cause seizures and paralysis.

Lead is a potent neurotoxin and elevated blood lead levels are associated with increased risk of lower intelligence quotient scores, academic failure and aggressive behavior in children.

Methylmercury is a potent neurotoxin that gets concentrated in big, long - lived carnivorous fish such as tuna and swordfish.

Saxitoxin is a potent neurotoxin that blocks the flow of sodium in the nerve cells leading to numbness, paralysis and death.

The iron caused rapid growth of a phytoplankton variety that secretes a potent neurotoxin, domoic acid, which could work its way up the food chain to sicken or kill fish, birds, and people.

One of these ingredients is aspartame, which is a potent neurotoxin that has metabolic, fetal, allergenic and carcinogenic properties.

Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and it affects the brain and nerves.

So next time you down that can of diet soda, or chew on a stick of sugar - free gum, remember that you're bathing your hypothalamus in a potent neurotoxin.

Aspartame is a potent neurotoxin and releases methanol in the body, which then breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde.

Botox's official name is botulinum toxin, which is a potent neurotoxin and referred to as the most poisonous biological substances known.

«Free glutamic acid, or MSG, which is a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing,» she says.

Though an essential nutrient, when consumed in excess, manganese becomes a potent neurotoxin.

MSG hidden in many food products is a potent neurotoxin especially to babies and associated with reproductive disorders

Many of the toxic metals are potent neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors.

It is a potent neurotoxin.

The lily of the valley also contains a potent neurotoxin known as grayanotoxin.

It contains the potent neurotoxin grayanotoxin which can disrupt the ability of the cells of the body to return to their normal state after excitation.

Fish ingest the mercury, and people who eat the contaminated fish are poisoned by the potent neurotoxin methylmercury.

Coal burning is also a major emitter of carcinogens and mercury, a potent neurotoxin.

Coal - fired power plants are the largest unregulated source of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, in the U.S.. They're also the major source of sulfur dioxide emissions in the U.S. which causes acid rain, haze in National Parks and Wilderness areas, and fine particulate matter which contributes to lung cancer, heart attacks, and even premature death.

The pesticide — which is sold under several different brand names — is now widely used for agricultural purposes though it once served as a potent neurotoxin in chemical bombs during World War II.

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that can impair a child's ability to walk, talk, read, write and learn.