Sentence examples for otherwise harmless from inspiring English sources

Acidic water leaches mercury from otherwise harmless rocks and soil.

A possible explanation for all this arrived in an otherwise harmless issue of British Vogue.

The spray contains a mix of six bacteriophages, otherwise harmless viruses that destroy L. monocytogenes.

A true food allergy involves an abnormal immunologic response to an otherwise harmless food component, usually a protein.

When that happens, an otherwise harmless compound can accumulate in a particular organ until it reaches toxic levels.

The novichoks are known as binary agents because they only become lethal after mixing two otherwise harmless components.

Some of the conditions are cosmetically annoying but otherwise harmless, like vitiligo, in which patches of skin lose pigmentation.

Super bacteria infect not only humans but also otherwise-harmless bacteria present in the waters, turning them into antibiotic-resistant germs.

But why should we care about the instrumental motivations behind an otherwise seemingly harmless campaign?

The fact that the flaw is even brought up to begin with demonstrates the unwillingness to accept some extra curves or cellulite in the body -- things that are otherwise completely harmless and okay especially in other parts of the world.

The fact that we are ready for a war is not, by itself, reason to fight one -- unless you are convinced that the non-war option has been closed off, that Iraq will never otherwise be rendered harmless.