Sentences with phrase «synthetic plastics like»

For at - home workouts, mats are a must, but most yoga mats on the market are made from synthetic plastics like PVC.

Not exact matches

The smell was the first thing that gave the synthetic stuff away: while the Ruffino smelled grapey and fruity, the synthetic wine smelled astringent, more like cleaning alcohol or plastic.

Additionally, disposable diapers are made of synthetic ingredients like plastic and synthetic rubber and natural ingredients like oil and tree pulp.

Combine that with the use of synthetic materials like plastic and rubber - its no wonder that according to the Journal of Pediatrics 63 % of babies using disposable diapers develop a diaper rash within the first 8 weeks of life.

Residents should note there are comparable personal care and cosmetic products containing natural materials like ground almonds, pumice, and oatmeal that provide the same effects as products containing synthetic plastic microbeads.

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.

Ethylene is one of the most widely used molecules in the chemical industry and is the starting material in the manufacture of detergents, synthetic lubricants, and the vast majority of plastics like polyethylene, polystyrene, and polyvinyl chloride essential to modern society.»

Before synthetic plastics were created, glass and clay were considered the primary «plastics,» alongside a few other naturally occurring substances like tree - gums and rubber.

Yup, they do not contain synthetics like rayon or viscose, chlorine, wood pulp or plastics.

BPA (bisphenol - A) is a synthetic estrogen used in making many plastic products like plastic bottles, baby bottles, children's toys and even medical devices.

However, in a lot of cases, if we are getting the diet dialed in, orgetting like some omega - 3, fatty acid supplements in, we're removing synthetic estrogens, the plastics, and all the other exposures, the phthalates, and all the other endocrine disruptors, and health and skincare products, and then we're addressing underlying issues, I've had great success with many women - women.

These harmful toxins like formaldehyde (found in paper products and synthetic fabrics), benzene (in plastics, dyes and detergents), and trichloroethylene (in paints and varnishes) can cause symptoms such as allergies and inflammation, dizziness and drowsiness.

I am offered a glass (not plastic, he's very anti-plastic, which he says contains synthetic hormones) of alkaline water made in a machine that «acts on the water like a mountain brook» by making the molecules more absorbable.

Keep your worms on an organic diet by skipping produce sprayed with pesticides, and anything synthetic like plastics.

The BIG problem with BPA is that it has been found to be a known source of synthetic hormones like oestrogen, and that plastics containing it can break down easily, especially when they are washed, heated or stressed in any way, allowing the chemical to leach into the food or water it is in contact with allowing it to enter the human body.

I really like the soft melty feel of the faux leather (yes, really)(plastic, pleather, synthetic leather... by any other name they are still as sweet).

• With Aquamation, there is no smoke stack emission (fly - ash particulate pollution) nor any hydrocarbon emissions that can come from plastic bags and other synthetic items like collars, toys and blankets that are often burned with the pets.

I used to work with synthetics, like plastic, but in 2015 I stopped.

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

Unlike wool and cotton, plastic microfibers from synthetic materials like nylon and spandex don't biodegrade.

While certain naturally - sourced materials such as wool or cotton are technically biodegradable (though without the perfect conditions, organic material will mummify in a landfill), synthetic materials like rayon or polyester are just as slow to degrade as any other plastic item — and much harder to recycle.

Surgical mesh is a synthetic material commonly made from plastic - type substances like polypropylene.