peroxide

For milder forms of face acne, dermatologists may recommend face washes or creams containing benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid or retinoids such as adapalene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Add a sudden pulse of hydrogen peroxide and many cancer cells tip over the edge: their DNA and energy machinery are damaged and they die.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Officials have been using chemicals, including reportedly hydrogen peroxide, to clean a green algae bloom which has taken hold in the pool since it was re-filled following a paint job earlier this month.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

National Park Service workers this week have been trying to clean the algae blooms off the bottom of the 2,000-foot-long pool by pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water and vacuuming the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Hazel had a flash of a memory—Jack’s mom standing in front of her on some long-ago summer day, gently putting peroxide on a badly skinned knee, wincing along with Hazel.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

The altered enzyme can no longer insert itself into the membrane correctly, leaving lipid peroxides free to accumulate.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

"With its fin immersed into the cell membrane, it rides along the inner surface and swiftly detoxifies lipid peroxides as it goes."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

Organic peroxides, which are highly flammable, are used in a variety of rubber products including golf ball cores.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

When ozone wafts into buildings, it reacts with limonene and similar molecules called monoterpenes, turning them into peroxides, alcohols, and other molecules that grow into airborne particles.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 24, 2022

For I gather that her hair is of some light shade,—induced, I haven't a doubt, by the liberal use of peroxides.

From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell

Puffy-faced and peroxided, Koepka finally admitted, “I’ll be honest: I can’t compete with these guys week in and week out.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023

An earlier version of this review misidentified the film still of peroxided children shown in “R.R.R.E.D.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2018

Murray SawChuck, 38, a magician known for his spiky peroxided hair and a self-anointed role as “the Dennis the Menace of magic,” notes he is free in the evenings to attend other shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2016

With his peroxided locks, heavy mascara and volatile sensitivity, his Jackson is a cross between punky rockers Billy Idol and Billie Joe Armstrong, with a dash of corrupt, rabble-rousing politico Huey Long thrown in.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2012

When it was Dad’s move, I’d steal looks at him in his button-down shirt, trying to remember the fast-fading picture of the guy with peroxided hair and a leather jacket.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman