Back then, arsenic was often used in dyes for wallpapers, books, and clothes. Researchers suggest that the chemical was meant to protect the texts from mice and bookworms. Today, arsenic is known for its poisonous properties when inhaled or touched. But never fear, these dangerous books have ...
Which chemical do you think is more likely to affect a large number of individuals as a result of biomagnification? Explain your answer. a. Oxymyl: an extremely poisonous pesticide used to kill insects, which is water-soluble and de...
When potassium cyanide (KCN) reacts with acids, a deadly poisonous gas, hydrogen cyanide (HCN), is given off. Here is the equation: KCN (aq) + HCL (aq) rightarrow KCl (aq) + HCN (g) If a sample of Potassium perchlorate is us...
However, poisonous alkaloids (Solanum) are present in green sprouts and green potato skins.. http://www.heathershomemadedogtreats.com/toxic.html (: Reply Joy says: June 18, 2022 at 2:38 pm I was wondering that too. I don’t use green potatoes for myself even. I thought I heard ...
Today I found out why chocolate is bad for dogs. Chocolate contains an alkaloid called “theobromine”. Theobromine is in the same family as caffeine and is a type of stimulant (they both are mythylxanines). Theobromine stimulates the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and ...
I am disgusted at the FDA that is bought by these companies’ lobbists and FDA has NO POWER to ban these chemicals but can ONLY MAKE SUGGESTIONS to these corporations that make this poisonous crap. Unbelievable. LOOK up the FDA’s abilities and it is a joke. Educate yourself. Log in to...
Life is pretty sneaky (and gooey, more often than not). Recentlylife was found in Mono Lakethat can use arsenic instead of phosphorus when it has to. There are even bacteria that have foundclever ways to live inside solid ice(Technicallythose cleve...
Of course, this is old news to women of the Italian Renaissance and Victorian England, who used to take belladonna (a poisonous plant in the nightshade family whose name means “beautiful woman”) to enlarge their pupils before they went out on a date. Throughout the ages, people have emph...
While brown rice is slightly higher on the vitamin and mineral front, you have to consider that it isloaded with phytates, meaning these vitamins and minerals are not being absorbed. Here is the nutrient profile for brown rice vs white rice: ...