Sentences with phrase «which leaches»

And here are just a few other «side effects» of mining on public lands in the West: cyanide spills; wildlife habitat destruction and fish kills caused by poisoned waters; and water pollution caused by acid mine drainage, which leaches potentially toxic heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc from rocks.

Infection is passed along by the exposure to urine of infected animals, which leaches into the waterways or soil.

When it's organic you don't any GMO's, pesticides or insecticides which would be typically found in non organic clothing which leaches out slowly and into your skin.

Most food cans (including liquid infant formula) are lined with BPA, which leaches into the food.

It's a good idea for parents to avoid polycarbonate plastic, which leaches BPA, and take precautions with all plastic food containers.»

Added sugar where you least expect it, vegetable oils like canola oil, phthalates which leach in from the plastic packaging, trans - fats — processed foods can contain any of those acne villains.

This ash is stored in waste ponds or landfills which leach sulfur dioxide and heavy metals into surface and groundwater.

Not exact matches

Store water (1 to 2 gallons per person, per day) off of concrete (which can leach chemicals), changing the water every six months

The bowls are made of Lexan which is the brand name for polycarbonate — a plastic notorious for leaching bisphenol A (BPA) into food and drink it comes into contact with.

While the lead in the tea leaves is not thought to leach very effectively into the tea, if you're consuming Matcha green tea (which contains the entire ground tea leaf), it's especially important that it comes from Japan instead of China.

High animal protein consumption also causes more metabolic acid, which can leach calcium from bones (think high rates of osteoporosis).

Always opt for jarred tomatoes over tinned / canned ones; since tomatoes are acidic storing them in tinned containers increases the rate of BPA which can leach out of the tin and enter your food.

But I quickly discovered that true rømmegrøt is difficult to make in the United States as our sour cream is much different than that in Norway, containing much less fat than needed, and also containing stabilizers that prevent the fat from leaching out, which is an important part of the dish.

Synthetic fertilizers, almost 973 million pounds of which were used on U.S. upland cotton in 2015, [23] are considered detrimental to the environment, causing leaching and runoff affecting freshwater habitats and wells.

Traditionally, this dish is made with salt cod fish, which is soaked in water for at least 48 hours, in order to leach the salt.

The acorns must then be leached to get rid of the excess tannin, which gives them a bitter taste.

However, one major drawback to buying canned coconut milk is that, like almost all canned foods, there is usually toxic BPA in the lining of the can which can leach into your food.

Some experts blame this anomaly on the hot lye bath method of removing the tough pepper skins, a technique which provides additional sodium by absorption and reduces the potassium through leaching.

Usually, saline soils are a problem in climates in which rainfall is insufficient to leach the salts out of the soil.

They enable a waste free lunch, are made out of safe materials which means my family won't be ingesting leached in chemicals and the boxes are even machine washable!

High heat and abrasive cleansers can damage the plastic, which will make it leach more.

Tilty is made from poly propelene (# 5), long considered a food safe plastic which doesn't contain nasty leaching BPA and are free of PVC.

And unlike soda, fruit juice and other acidic beverages, which are more likely to leach BPA from containers, soy milk is considered fairly neutral.

If we were going to get rid of the pink slime, which hasn't been proven to be harmful to human health, then why hasnt anyone tried to eliminate plastic and foam packaging that contains compounds that have been proven to be xenobiotics (carcinogens and endocrine disruptors — ceram wrap is really bad in this respect it contain a lot of chemicals that leach in to the food it covers).

Many plastics contain chemicals, like BPAs and phthalates, which tend to leach out of plastic and into our bodies.

The nicotine - containing cigarette butts can be ingested by children, are eaten by wildlife and can leach into the water, according to the Alliance for the Great Lakes, which conducts annual beach cleanups that sift out thousands of discarded cigarette butts every year.

The nicotine - containing cigarette butts can be ingested by children, are eaten by wildlife and can leach into the water, according to the Alliance for the Great Lakes, which does beach cleanups that sift out thousands of discarded cigarette butts every year.

The interest in glass was triggered largely by a California Environment Research and Policy Center report that warns about the dangers of BPA, which can leach from certain bottles into breast milk or formula.

Polycarbonates, also used in baby bottles and water coolers, contain a controversial chemical called bisphenol A, which can leach into the bottles» contents.

The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), which can leach out when heated, is linked to an increased risk of hormonal disruption.

The idea is that BPA (Bisphenol A), which is found in a lot of plastics and resins, leaches into the fluids kept inside these containers.

This shampoo is packaged in phthalate — and BPA - free plastic, so you don't need to worry about these toxins leaching into the product, which itself does not contain any worrisome chemicals.

«Made of a patented material (10 % food - grade polymer, 90 % air) that does not off - gas or leach toxins, the Newton provides support while allowing the mattress to have unprecedented breathability (which waterproof mattresses, even the organic ones, lack).»

When it comes to which kind of baby bottle to use, some parents prefer glass or stainless steel bottles to avoid possible chemical leaching in plastic bottles.

Klean Kanteen Sippy Bottle (Price $ 16.95)- This sippy bottle is made of stainless steel which will not leach harmful chemicals.

Older homes are also more likely to have lead pipes, which can leach lead into water used for drinking, making formula, and cooking.

The results of the study show that, when the bottles were filled with water and heated for 24 hours at 80 degrees Celsius, which Schade says simulates repeated scrubbings, detergents and warm water, those manufactured by Avent, Evenflo, Dr. Brown's and Disney / First Years leached between 4.7 and 8.3 parts per billion of BPA.

The project's opponents criticise the use of cyanide (a common technique used to leach gold from extracted material) which would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the region's biodiversity.

The Commission's response was prompted when Commissioner Janez Potocnik received a letter soliciting information on the EC's intended actions regarding Romania's moves to accelerate the authorization of the mining project, which would use environmentally dangerous cyanide leaching technology.

Excess fluoride, which may damage both brain and bone, is leaching out of granite and into Maine's drinking water — and potentially other New England states

Previous research had suggested that levels of BPA, which mimics the female hormone estrogen in the human body, declined by 50 percent every five hours after it was ingested in foods or water it had leached into from plastic containers.

And because, for instance, BPA is not put into food but leaches into food from containers, it doesn't qualify for the Delaney clause, which mandates that if an additive causes cancer in any amount in two species, we can't put it in the food supply.»

Six hundred years later, Greek physician Galen maintained that good health sprang from a balance of four bodily humors: blood, which flows from the heart; yellow bile, leaching from the liver; black bile, disgorged by the spleen and stomach; and cold, wet phlegm coming from the brain.

Despite current lack of European Law regulating leaching of elements from metallic food contact materials, the Council of Europe resolved in 2013 that contaminants «must not be released in quantities which could endanger human health» and specifies limits for and methods of testing metals released into food.

The NRC, which regulates leach mining of uranium, expects 11 applications for new leach mines in the U.S. in addition to the one filed for Moore Ranch, along with the expansion of eight operations.

3 Yet your teeth can not always stand up to your mouth's native population of bacteria, which produce acids that leach calcium and phosphate from the enamel — the process that leads to cavities.

Many plastics contain chemical additives, such as plasticizers, dyes, and antimicrobials, which can leach out into sediments and seawater.

And at least one group of Chinese soils is approaching the pH values at which aluminum and manganese start leaching into surface water, with potentially toxic results.

Thanks to a new innovative study led by Silent Spring Institute, researchers have a better idea of where these pollutants come from — which ones come from chemicals leaching out of building materials and which ones from the personal items people bring into their homes.

The researchers found that, compared to when on the GMP diet, PKU patients had higher amounts of calcium and magnesium in their urine while on the amino acid - based diet, which indicated that their bones were leaching elements critical for bone health.