8 sentences with 'derivatives'
Example sentences and phrases with the word derivatives and other words derived from it.
• « Polynuclear hydrocarbons are petroleum derivatives that are characteristically carcinogenic even in small doses. Certain organisms can tolerate intoxication, but if they are then consumed by humans.... »
• « In addition to petroleum derivatives, the experts also found chlorofluorocarbons (aerosol residues), cyanide, sulphur salts, lead and methane. »
• « In addition to lead, greenhouse gases and petroleum derivatives, there is also the growing pollution from radioactive waste, which is also absorbed by the ice. The United States is the biggest polluter in this respect. »
• « The FDA has received reports of 17 deaths associated with the use of derivatives of the plant and more than 800 cases of adverse effects, including heart attacks, strokes, seizures, convulsions, dizziness, arrhythmias and palpitations. »
• « Many US states have placed restrictions on the sale of ma-huang derivatives, and in 1996 the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued warnings about the dangers of ma-huang use. »
• « Arsenic is very famous for the sudden and lethal effects of its poisonous derivatives, but less so for its therapeutic qualities in leukaemias, anaemias, in states of inadequate ossification, and in the devitalisation of the dental pulp. »
• « In Argentina, the reproduction of bacteria that feed on phenol, tannins and other highly toxic petroleum derivatives is well advanced. »