Sentences with phrase «toxic than the water»

They can be one million times more toxic than the water around them.

A single plastic microbead can be one million times more toxic than the water around it.

Not exact matches

So strict certification ensures Bhumi products are made (from harvest to shelf to skin) without the use of any harmful chemicals, allergens, insecticides, pesticides, toxic dyes, bleaches or finishes, does not use genetically modified seeds and uses less water than regular cotton.

According to California's regulations under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly referred to as «Prop 65», which is significantly stricter than the FDA on many levels), there is a «Safe Harbor» list of two classes of chemicals: those that cause reproductive toxicity and those that are considered carcinogens.

Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club commented: «Mike Bloomberg's partnership with the Sierra Club and our more than 3 million members and supporters has put our country on a path to cleaner air and cleaner water, good - paying clean energy jobs, and healthier communities that are safe from toxic coal pollution».

The state Health Department refused to caution residents of Hoosick Falls that their water contained levels of toxic chemicals considered unsafe by the federal government for more than a year, even as evidence mounted that a serious health crisis could be unfolding.

The Times Union reported Sunday that the state Health Department was informed in August 2014 that the toxic chemical had contaminated the village water system, but it took months before the public was formally notified, and more than a year for the state to adopt the EPA's position that water should not be consumed.

Officials said the typical level of the toxic chemical found in the blood samples of more than 2,000 Rensselaer County residents is about 11 times higher than the national average, but well below levels detected in other areas of the nation where the contaminant has also polluted public water supplies.

A recent round of state tests on 145 water wells in the town of Hoosick and village of Hoosick Falls showed slightly less than a third indicated a presence of a toxic chemical at levels exceeding the safety threshold recently set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

State and local officials have defended their handling of the toxic pollution, including waiting more than 15 months to warn residents in Hoosick Falls to stop drinking the tainted water.

ALBANY — Hoosick Falls residents who drank from the tainted municipal water supply have, on average, more than 30 times the national level of a toxic chemical in their blood, according to state health department data obtained by POLITICO.

A new material can pull a toxic, hard - to - degrade industrial chemical from drinking water more effectively than current methods.

Several PAH compounds that may be more toxic than those regulated by the authorities, have been detected in tunnel wash water.

Toxic strains of K. veneficum immediately caused the prey to slow down by more than 50 percent, and nearly doubled the proportion of immobile algae in the water relative to non-toxic strains.

California officials have ordered an emergency shut - down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state's drought - wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there.

It's certainly easy to feel overwhelmed with the chemicals found in plastics, or in antibacterial soaps, and now even in our clothes and water, but please know that stress is probably more toxic than many chemicals.

Also, ionic minerals can not be stored in the body for longer than a few hours, they are much like the water soluble vitamins; therefore, they can not build up to toxic levels in the soft tissues.

Add to that all the CRAP you have been conditioned to believe that you NEED for your hair and body like all that toxic shampoo, conditioner, body wash, shave gel, hair gel, makeup, body lotion, facial serums, eye cream, etc and you have a lot more to worry about than just your drinking water.

Although Vitamin A is needed for healthy skin high doses of it can be toxic because it is a fat - soluble vitamin (gets stored in fat in the body rather than being excreted in the urine like water - soluble vitamins).

Far infrared saunas are believed to be more effective in moving toxins through the skin than traditional saunas because in a far infrared sauna only 80 to 85 % of the sweat is water with the non-water portion being cholesterol, fat - soluble toxins, toxic heavy metals, sulfuric acid, sodium, ammonia and uric acid.1 Sunlighten saunas are highly effective for detoxification because of our highly - efficient and patented Solocarbon far infrared heating technology — the only technology proven to raise core body temperature by two - to - three degrees.

It is much more important to sweat any way you can — hot bath, steam room, Jacuzzi, etc. - than to worry about whether or not the water you are sweating in is toxic.

During the next step in detoxification the now water soluble by - products — actually more toxic than then they were originally — will be coupled with amino acids to be neutralized and eliminated through, urine, sweat or feces.

Furthermore, ionic minerals can not be stored in the body for longer than a few hours, they are much like the water soluble vitamins; therefore they can not build up to toxic levels in the soft tissues.

Understanding Biotransformation and Recognizing Toxicity: Evaluation and Treatment in the Functional Medicine Model In the 21st century, two things have become increasingly apparent: first, we are exposed to a more complex array of toxic compounds in our air, water, and food than ever before.

Usually contains platinum, palladium and / or rhodium, which acts as a catalyst in a chemical reaction that converts unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen into water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases that are less toxic than untreated exhaust fumes

However, dogs and their humans who drink more than the average amount of this water will ingest higher levels of fluoride and be more susceptible to its toxic effects.

A better choice would be to constantly remove the toxic ammonia from the water, rather than all at once.

This peer - reviewed study by a pair of researchers at Rice University in Houston shows that while fracking - produced water shouldn't be allowed near drinking water, it's less toxic than similar waste from coal - bed methane mining.

Air and water are cleaner and pesticides less toxic than a few decades ago, at least in some parts of the world.

Studies have found that plastic particles in the ocean can be a million times more toxic than the surrounding water — and one study found plastic debris in 25 % of fish purchased in the US.

that plastic particles in the ocean can be a million times more toxic than the surrounding water — and one

Jepe: What do you say to those same people that the «western conservation groups» have deemed less deserving than nature when their soils are completely contaminated, their water can not be used for drinking or cooking, and their air is toxic to breath?

Underdeveloped countries are not going to have problems with toxics and drugs escaping into drinking water, but your composting potty idea is not going to work very well where people live in squalid conditions of 500 persons on up per square mile, Unfortunately, many more people live under such crowded conditions than those, who can make a composting potty to dump out in some isolated spot where a few hundred people or less people live on a square mile.

«Rather than wear swimsuits, the competitors all wore hazmat suits to illustrate that St. Louis area water is too toxic to swim in, let alone drink!»

And the percentage who do worry a great deal — 37 % — is still well less than a majority, and in fact lower than the percentage who worry a great deal about such environmental issues as pollution of drinking water, pollution of lakes and reservoirs, and toxic waste in the soil.

Cuomo's attacks on Indian Point were in marked contrast to his reaction two days later to a toxic chemical found in the drinking water at Hoosick Falls, where the carcinogenic chemical PFOA was found levels four times higher than EPA limits.

Worse, some of the degradation products (the chemicals which arise as the initial pesticides break down in soil or water) are more toxic than the original product.

More in the Globe and Mail More on Bisphenol A in BPA in TreeHugger: Fast Company on the Real Story Behind Bisphenol A BPA Update: Canada Declares it Toxic, FDA Chair's Donor was Michigan's «First Polluter» FDA Chair Studying BPA Took $ 5 Million Donation From BPA Supporter Final Report on Bisphenol A: It May Harm Kids FDA Says BPA Is Safe For Babies Bisphenol A: How Wal - Mart Became the New FDA Quotes of the Day: Opinions on the FDA Declaring BPA Safe Don't Buy A Nalgene Water Bottle Until You Read This Nalgene Dumps Bisphenol A Like Hot Potato: Possible Effects of BPA More Bad News About Bisphenol A: It Interferes with Chemotherapy Treatments Yet Another Bisphenol A Pile - on: Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes and Liver Problems New Study: BPA May Make You Stupid and Depressed Sources of BPA: Bisphenol A Is In Your Tomato Sauce Bisphenol A Could Be In Your Teeth BPA Danger may be greater from Tin Cans than Water Bottles Polycarbonate Water bottles Canada Calls Bisphenol A «Dangerous» Time to Pack In the Polycarbonates Bottled Water - Lifting the Lid: MEC Nixes Nalgenes On Phthalates in TreeHugger: Do Babies Exposed to Phthalates Have Smaller Penises?

The toxic tailing ponds hold more contaminated water than will be behind the Three Gorges dam.

Via Green Daily More on BPA in TreeHugger: BPA Update: Canada Declares it Toxic, FDA Chair's Donor was Michigan's «First Polluter» FDA Chair Studying BPA Took $ 5 Million Donation From BPA Supporter Final Report on Bisphenol A: It May Harm Kids FDA Says BPA Is Safe For Babies Bisphenol A: How Wal - Mart Became the New FDA Quotes of the Day: Opinions on the FDA Declaring BPA Safe Don't Buy A Nalgene Water Bottle Until You Read This Nalgene Dumps Bisphenol A Like Hot Potato: Possible Effects of BPA More Bad News About Bisphenol A: It Interferes with Chemotherapy Treatments Yet Another Bisphenol A Pile - on: Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes and Liver Problems New Study: BPA May Make You Stupid and Depressed Sources of BPA: Bisphenol A Is In Your Tomato Sauce Bisphenol A Could Be In Your Teeth BPA Danger may be greater from Tin Cans than Water Bottles Polycarbonate Water bottles Canada Calls Bisphenol A «Dangerous» Time to Pack In the Polycarbonates Bottled Water - Lifting the Lid: MEC Nixes Nalgenes On Phthalates in TreeHugger: Do Babies Exposed to Phthalates Have Smaller Penises?

According to EPA data, in 2009, the Danskammer plant dumped more than 1.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Newburgh's air, land, and water.

Successfully represented a group of property and casualty insurers in a coverage and bad faith lawsuit in Houston, Texas, in which the insureds sought more than $ 100 million for alleged business interruption losses, costs associated with defense of toxic tort suits, Superfund project costs, and bad faith damages, all arising from the insureds» operation of a California landfill deemed to have polluted a key source of drinking water for the Los Angeles area.

After I reported the toxic water at Just For Jesus 14530 Rt. 28, Brockway, PA that welcomes the poor in there to live, and where I was living, The PADEP water inspected finding Manganese in water more than eight times higher than what law permits.

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Elizabeth Weaver has practiced for more than 30 years in the field of environmental law and litigation, handling a wide range of matters, focusing on Superfund, RCRA, toxic torts and water.