Sentences with phrase «spraying chemical compounds»

Many geoengineering techniques are focused on ways of reducing the sun's rays by blocking them spraying chemical compounds into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from earth.

It is created, like most of these synthetic cannabis drugs, by spraying chemical compounds onto herbs.

Not exact matches

They turned their logo green and rebranded their service as EarthCare, but continued to spray the same chemical compounds on customers» lawns.

If that's difficult to envision, get this: Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers contain about as much capsaicin — the chemical compound in peppers that makes them burn by activating heat receptors in human nerve endings — as a shot glass full of law enforcement - grade pepper spray.

Researchers tested the the foam padding in crib mattresses, and found they release significant amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), potentially harmful chemicals also found in household items such as cleaners and scented sprays.

During the course of the arrest the man was sprayed with pepper spray, a chemical compound which irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and possibly temporary blindness.

To find new compounds for spraying and nets, IVCC has partnered with several large chemical companies including BASF, Syngenta, and Sumitomo to screen more than 4 million compounds in their libraries.

Hamilton provides an example of why the upward airflow is so significant: «The manufacture of ozone - destroying chemicals such as the freon compounds used in the past in spray cans and in refrigerators has been largely banned for over 20 years.

Confronted with these findings, scientists began to wonder whether small quantities of synthetic chemical compounds found in our food and water — and in everyday products like makeup, plastics, and bug spray — could be sabotaging human fertility, undermining our immune systems, or affecting prenatal development.

«If we could identify harmless chemical compounds able to transiently turn off MPK4 activity, they could be used to spray crops and make them resistant at any time they face a microbial attack.»

Armed with a chemical weapon that helps them escape their attackers even from within the toads» tummies, the beetles blast a hot spray of water vapor and irritating compounds called quinones that makes the toads vomit them out.

There are numerous commercial dog sprays on the market that can stop urinating in a particular area they contain different chemicals or natural compounds such as cayenne pepper that dogs dislike and will avoid.

The sprays» chemical compound metamorphoses at room temperature which allows it to spread evenly and deeply in some of toughest carpets.