Sentences with phrase «tiny particles released»

In fact, between 15 % and 31 % of marine plastic pollution could be from tiny particles released by households and businesses, rather than larger plastic items that degrade once they reach the sea.

Uranium and other radioactive materials, such as caesium and technetium, have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.

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Even children who don't chew on paint chips can get lead into their system if there's lead - based paint in or around their home or another building they spend time in: Doors and window frames covered with lead paint release tiny particles of lead dust into the air every time they're opened or closed.

A team led by Empa researcher Andreas Gerecke showed that cutting polystyrene panels with heated filaments releases HBCDs which then attach themselves to tiny plastic particles.

Comprising tiny rolled sheets of graphene oxide, these structures can zip around easily through both oil and water, picking up any oil particles they encounter and transporting them as cargo for later release.

A Trojan Horse for Cancer Drugs Researchers created biodegradable, ultra tiny, nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body's sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained - release medication cargo.

The problem is when we spray these toxic fragrances into the air, they release tiny chemical particles, which we breathe in.

This usually occurs at times when outdoor molds release their spores or when plants release tiny pollen particles into the air to fertilize other plants.

When you wash those synthetic fabrics, tiny particles of plastic called microfibers are washed down the drain and released into the environment.

But there are wider and more long - lived traces too, in the form of changed patterns of carbon isotopes (absorbed by every living thing) and in tiny, virtually indestructible particles of fly ash released from furnaces and chimneys.

Fossil fuel burning by humans emits tiny particles in addition to releasing CO2 in the atmosphere.

Black carbon, or soot, is made of the tiny black particles released from fires and dirty diesel vehicles.

Black carbon — tiny soot particles released into the atmosphere by burning fuels — has been linked to adverse health and environmental impacts through decades of scientific research.

Asbestos is a known carcinogen, and when exposed, tiny particles can be released into the air you breathe.