Sentences with phrase «widely used in water»

Microwavable popcorn bags are often coated with PFCs (perfluorochemicals)-- a class of chemicals widely used in water, grease, and stain repellents.

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This is the mixture of ground flaxseed and water, which is used widely in vegan cooking as an egg replacer.

Widely used in Persian recipes and popping up with increasing prominence in an array of cuisines, Rose Water is a unique and easy way to infuse dishes with the delicate scent of rose petals.

BPA is also used widely in the linings of formula cans, toys, water bottles, sippy cups and dental sealants.

Cadie, the makers of RLR and a widely used laundry aid in removing hard water mineral buildup, also releases their MSDS to the public.

The drinking water of some six million people across the country may have elevated levels of unregulated toxic chemicals widely used in the past in many household products — notably pans coated with Teflon — a Harvard - led study found.

At the hearing, state Sen. Kemp Hannon, a Republican from Long Island and chair of the chamber's health committee, blasted the health department for distributing a widely criticized fact sheet to Hoosick Falls residents in December, assuring them that «normal use» of their water would not be harmful.

TRASH STASH Scientists have modified a bacterial enzyme to make it even better at breaking down PET, a plastic widely used in disposable water bottles.

Also, in April researchers reported that frogs raised in water laced with trace amounts of atrazine, the world's most widely used farming herbicide, develop sexual deformities.

Although chlorine is not the only disinfecting agent available to the water supply industry, it is the most widely used disinfectant in North America.

Membrane filtration is considered among the most promising and widely used processes for water treatment and desalination... Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have shown great potential in water, wastewater treatment and desalination as they have many attractive key physicochemical properties with the ability to be functionalized to enhance their affinity and selectivity.»

The patent - pending gel is made of water and polyethylene glycol, a substance used widely today in various forms, from skin creams and toothpastes to industrial applications and, as in this case, bioengineering.

«Dairies vary widely in the amount of water used to cool cows,» explained lead investigator Jennifer M. Chen, of the Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, but using more water results in diminishing returns and minimizing water use is a sustainability concern for US dairy production.

Groundwater from deep «tube wells» has been widely used for drinking water in Bangladesh since the 1970s, but it has emerged more recently that naturally occurring arsenic taints the water in many of the country's 10 million wells.

Nocera and his postdoctoral student, Matthew Kanan, discovered that cobalt (a widely available metal) can be used to create a catalyst that similarly splits water molecules — in this case, in the presence of an electric current.

Dana Kolpin of the US Geological Survey in Iowa City says that the findings highlight the complex issue of antibiotic - resistance genes, which will continue to be of concern as treated effluent becomes more widely used in regions that have scarce water resources.

Activated carbon is widely used to filter water in this way, but PFOA molecules are only moderately attracted to the material.

It is generally thought that these compounds have reached the aquatic environment for as long as they have been commercially used, but only during the last decade or so has environmental research been widely conducted and concerns over the effects of pharmaceuticals in water bodies been raised.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

Along with Tsun - Mei Chang, a former postdoctoral fellow at PNNL, Dang created the widely used and cited Dang - Chang model, which accurately portrays water - based systems in changing environments.

High Resolution Profilometry Gauges have been widely used in the experimental programme performed by the Halden Reactor Project in the Boiling Water Reactor during the last 15 years.

non-toxic, widely used in immersing in the wine, tea, water, soup, conjee, etc..

Bruce Blumberg, professor of developmental and cell biology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California, Irvine, who coined the term «obesogen,» studies the effect that organotins — a class of persistent organic pollutants that are widely used in the manufacture of polyvinylchloride plastics, as fungicides and pesticides on crops, as slimicides in industrial water systems, as wood preservatives, and as marine antifouling agents — have on the body's metabolism.

Besides antibiotics, your gut bacteria are also vulnerable to factors such as chlorinated water, antibacterial soaps, pollution, and agricultural chemicals — especially glyphosate, which, incidentally, is the most widely used herbicide in the world.

They are enthused with swimming, so they are widely used as rescue dogs, especially in cold waters where other breeds of dogs would be at an increased risk of hypothermia.

Though developed in Germany, the Poodle breed was standardized in France where it was widely used as a water retriever.

The most popular boats, used for guided tours and widely available for rent here in San Diego's temperate waters, are sit - on - tops: virtually - indestructible and ultra user - friendly, molded plastic kayaks that don't require any formal training or experience.

According to a study commissioned by Canada's National Energy Board and based on 20 years of Beaufort Sea data, three of the most widely - used oil spill containment methods — burning spilled oil in - situ, deploying booms and skimmers, and aerial application of dispersants — would be impossible due to bad weather or sea ice 20 - 84 percent of the brief, June - to - November open - water season.

With 2,000 Chinese companies manufacturing rooftop solar water heaters, this relatively simple low - cost technology is not only widely used in cities, it has also leapfrogged into villages that do not yet have electricity.

So - called «industrial water mills» had been used in Antiquity and were widely adopted in Europe by the fifteenth century, but «industrial windmills» appeared only in the 1600s in the Netherlands, a country that took wind power to the extreme.

Via Wikipedia: «Caprolactam is the precursor to Nylon 6, a widely used synthetic polymer... In water, caprolactam hydrolyzes to aminocaproic acid, which is used medicinally.»

Some SHC technologies, such as domestic hot - water heaters, are already widely in use in some countries, but others, like large - scale solar - fired district heating, are just entering the wider deployment phase, while solar - powered cooling is still at the development stage.

Today the term Sandplay is most widely used to denote this method of the use of sand and water in a tray in which toys or miniatures are placed.

A 1031 exchange has been widely used in many real estate transactions as investors sell their investment and vacation home properties to others who appreciate the Appalachian quartz beaches and emerald green waters.