Sentences with phrase «radioactive chemical»

Another problem is the wastewater from these wells, which can contain toxic or even radioactive chemicals.

Stronts were born from humanity's rejected waste, birthed out of radioactive chemicals and wastelands.

• Maintain Quality Control records of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies, and radioactive chemical inventories while locating sources of required laboratory supplies, order inventory, and follow up on orders not received.

He wrote that there was speculation that the underwater weapon might be «salted,» or surrounded with metals like cobalt, which would dramatically extend fatal radiation levels from fallout — for at least several months, or possibly even decades — since the burst of neutrons emitted in a nuclear blast could transform those metals into long - lived, highly radioactive chemicals sprinkled all over.

Radioactive waste is waste type containing radioactive chemical elements that does not have a practical purpose.

A product we developed for animals plays a role in protecting all of us from nuclear mishaps: Cat litter is often used to absorb and stabilize volatile radioactive chemicals stored in nuclear waste facilities.

A live webcast Wednesday evening will demonstrate how radioactive chemicals can provide a window on disease within the body

Scientists have long used an imaging technique called positron emission tomography (PET) to visualize ß - amyloid deposits marked by radioactive chemical tags in the brains of people with AD.

The increase in medical radiation exposure (from 0.53 mSv to 3.0 mSv) stemmed primarily from a rise in the use of computer tomography (CT) scans (which use x-rays to create cross sectional images of inside the body to spot tumors, clogged arteries, among other things), and nuclear imaging tests, which involve injecting radioactive chemicals into the bloodstream that can be picked up by special instruments and used to create images of the body's inner structures.

We used observations of inert and radioactive chemical constituents («tracers») to estimate the rates at which the ocean transports material from the surface to the interior.

In a study published in the August edition of the journal Diabetes, Weibo Cai, Matthew J. Merrins and colleagues used a PET scanner to detect minute levels of a radioactive chemical in the mouse pancreas.

Shortly after that, she was in a car accident in which her family was killed and she was exposed to radioactive chemicals, which gave her her powers.

A technetium scan involves injecting a very small dose of a radioactive chemical (technetium) into the cat's vein.

Whether it's cancer, drinking water contamination, toxic or radioactive chemicals, earthquakes or regulations — the truth is miles from the misrepresentations, hysteria and fear - mongering propagated by Food & Water Watch and similar groups.