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What do you do when your eyes sting from onions?
close them and wash them
What can burn the eyes sting the mouth yet be eaten?
onions or hot pepper
1 What can burn the eyes sting the mouth yet be eaten?
onions or hot pepper
When guine pigs are near onion the close their eyes?
Onions make guinea pigs eyes sting too, just like it makes ours. The guinea pig is simply keeping its eyes from the sting of the onion.
Does wearing contacts prevent crying when cutting onions?
No. There is no research that says that cutting onions is good for your eyes. Cutting onions releases thiopropanol sulfoxide which, when it hits your eyes, creates a small amount of sulfuric acid. This is why your eyes burn and you cry when you cut onions.
What does state the nature of the problem mean for an experiment?
Stating the problem usually calls for asking Why? or How?. Observation: My eyes water when I cut onions. State the problem: Why do my eyes water when I cut onions?
How do onions make your eyes water?
It is due to breathing through your nose and the associated odor of the onion. By breathing through your mouth (or gnaw on a toothpick?) you should be able to control the weepy eyes and nose. According to the food channel, it's because when you cut the onion, you pierce the cells which releases a chemical which irritates the pink tissue of the eyes & nose. Which are proximate to the source when looking down to slice & dice. Wanna real treat? Cut up some horseradish, it's guaranteed to run you out of the kitchen right fast!
You'll cry if you cut this but only if the propanethial-S-oxide finds its way to your eyes What food is this?
Onions
Why do onions make people cry when they cut them?
The acidic chemicals in the onion are released when slicing through its tissue, rise in the air along with heat and irritate your eyes by being absorbed through the cornea. Use a fan to blow the molecules away from your eyes to avoid irritation. Onions produce the chemical irritant known as syn-propanethial-S-oxide. It stimulates the eyes' lachrymal glands so they release tears. Scientists used to blame the enzyme allinase for the instability of substances in a cut onion.
Are cut onions poisenes?
Certainly not, they are edible, although cutting the onion releases a very mild irritant that can make your eyes water.
Why do onions cry?
Onions contain sulfur compounds (which also give them their characteristic smell). The compounds are gases and are released when onions are cut. These gases react with the water in the tears in the eyes to form other acidic compounds which irritate the eye and cause crying.
What percent of people cry when they cut onions?
i think near about 70% people are cry when they cut onions including me.
