Sentences with phrase «toxins in their flesh»

A consequence is that many predators throughout the world, particularly predatory birds, get lethal concentrations of toxins in their flesh.

The article goes on to say that potatoes that are high in glycoalkaloid toxin, the green and sprouting ones, have a greater percentage of the toxin in the flesh, and that the glycoalkaloids are heat stable until the very high cooking temperatures found in deep frying which impart their own set of problems.

Some that can be sourced sustainably are also high enough on the food chain that they accumulate toxins in their flesh, transferring those to us humans when we eat them.

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Most pufferfish carry toxin in their organs, which generally get discarded; in L. lunaris, the toxin is in the flesh.

Found in soil and faeces, C. novyi secretes several necrotising, or «flesh - eating», toxins, and can cause gangrene in people with open wounds, such as intravenous drug users.

Certain toxins in plants get embedded in the flesh of the animals and build up there..

Apples are in the rose family, and while their flesh is very good for your pet, their seeds contain a toxin that is highly poisonous to birds.

Another common toxic ingredient for dogs is avocado, but it's important to note that the toxin, persin, is primarily found in the avocado pit, not the flesh or oil.