Does anyone know why onions make your eyes water???!
Answers: Please tell me why i don't understand how it makes ur eyes water?please tell me...
It's the acid in the fumes that permeate from raw onions coming in contact with the liquid in your eyes causing your eyes to hurt.
I have found that if I have a lot of onions to peel and slice, wear a scuba diving mask. Looks weird but sure in effective. NO TEARS
As onions are sliced, cells are broken, allowing enzymes called alliinases to break down amino acid sulfoxides and generate sulfenic acids. Sulfenic acids are unstable and spontaneously rearrange into a volatile gas called syn-propanethial-S-oxide. The gas diffuses through the air and eventually reaches the eye, where it reacts with the water to form a diluted solution of sulfuric acid. This acid irritates the nerve endings in the eye, making them sting. Tear glands produce tears to dilute and flush out the irritant.[10]
Supplying ample water to the reaction prevents the gas from reaching the eyes. Eye irritation can, therefore, be avoided by cutting onions under running water or submerged in a basin of water. Rinsing the onion and leaving it wet while chopping may also be effective. Another way to avoid irritation is by not cutting off the root of the onion, or by doing it last, as the root of the onion has a higher concentration of enzymes.[11]. Chilling or freezing onions prevents the enzymes from activating, limiting the amount of gas generated. Using a sharp blade to chop onions will limit the cell damage and the release of enzymes that drive the irritation response. Having a fire, such as a candle or a burner, will help as the heat and flames will draw in the onion gas, burn it, and then send it up with the rest of the flame exhaust[citation needed]. In the heat, the chemical changes such that it no longer irritates the eyes[citation needed]. Contact lenses prevent the irritation from occurring. The volume of sulphenic acids released, and the irritation effect, differs among Allium species.
also, when you wear contact lenses, your eyes dont water when you're cutting onions