Sentences with phrase «human health one»

Operational releases are designed to siphon off muddy water in order to protect the quality of the New York City drinking water, reducing the need for alum to purify drinking water, since the EPA has determined that excessive alum is harmful to human health.

Poughkeepsie resident Marta Knapp spoke before Dutchess County legislators, arguing smart meter technology has many detrimental effects on human health.

«The only way that this uncertainty and fear can be addressed is by speedily defining all potential sources of the contamination, the nature of the contamination, the threat the contamination poses to human health and how far it has spread.»

In a letter addressed to state Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (D - Lindenhurst), Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski — the initial author of the letter, which was written late last month — said «the overpopulation of white - tailed deer is a crisis which has plagued the East End of Long Island for many years, negatively impacting not only human health, but water quality, biodiversity, private property, the economy and the agricultural industry.»

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, «Confirmed: 80 percent of all antibacterial drugs used on animals, endangering human health,» Feb. 23, 2011

It cites health issues and studies that «have shown that aviation noise can be harmful to human health and wildlife and that helicopter noise can cause disturbance at lower decibel levels than fixed - wing aircraft.»

«Even with the higher readings, this tritium in the ground at Indian Point did not and can not impact drinking water or human health or, for that matter, aquatic life in the river,» says Nappi.

Others used the event as a platform to call out the Trump administration for interfering with federally funded agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), tasked with ensuring that people are protected from risks to their health and environment and that federal laws that protect human health and the environment are enforced fairly and effectively, among other things.

Forward - thinking scientists, many with funding from PETA and its international affiliates, are developing methods for studying diseases and testing products that don't require the use of animals and are actually relevant to human health.

Although hormonal growth promoters are illegal in the UK, it is widely feared that the use of antibiotics may be contributing towards the development of drug - resistant bacteria, with potentially serious consequences for animal and human health.

The governor also said the state will sue the EPA under the federal Ocean Dumping Act, a 1972 law that limits or prevents dumping that could pose a threat to human health and welfare, the marine environment or local economies.

Wetlands provide many important environmental and human health benefits, so it is important that we continue to protect these valuable resources.»

These grants are an important step in Governor Cuomo's initiative to preserve New York's vast waterways from the danger aquatic invasive species can cause to the environment, human health and the economy of a region.

Wenonah Hauter, one of the nation's leading public interest advocates, argues that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and treacherous to human health.

Federal regulators described PFOA as «a chemical or material that is characterized by a perceived, potential, or real threat to human health or the environment or by a lack of published health standards» in the March 2014 document.

New York State has already shown that it is prepared to prioritize human health over fossil fuel extraction with its refusal in 2014 to permit high - volume fracking.

Cuomo says the EPA's decision is in direct violation of the 1972 Ocean Dumping Act, which outlaws dumping that could affect human health or the environment.

«The question that the five - year review asks is «do we still think the cleanup decision we made in 2002 will provide long - term protection of human health and the environment?»

«Substantial scientific evidence shows cannabis is a harmful drug that can damage human health.

«California and the UK recognise the linkages between climate change, energy security, human health and robust economic growth,» the resulting mission statement says.

The agency in a statement said the cleanup along the river north of Albany is «working as designed» and is «expected to accomplish its long - term goal» of protecting both human health and the environment.

The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) must be satisfied by the plant's impact on human health, animal health and the environment.

And today we are using this knowledge to improve human health.

Indeed, many scientists would argue that recent research results tend to suggest that the public are right to be sceptical, both in terms of risks to human health, and increasing problems for farmers growing GM crops.

But now, a coalition of anti-fracking organizations called New Yorkers Against Fracking say the State needs to keep its promise to study the impact of natural gas drilling on human health.

Cuomo's inaction on hydrofracking has angered both supporters of the technique — who say it could inject economic life into the state's long - struggling Southern Tier — and opponents, who say it could cause irreparable harm to the state's water, air and human health.

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (Scotland) has called on the UK's first aid organisations to acknowledge the danger that ticks present to human health.

On Tuesday, about 40 anti-fracking activists with New Yorkers Against Fracking (a coalition of 60 groups) held a rally in front of the Department of Environmental Conservation «s headquarters in Albany, demanding a human health study be added to the department's ongoing environmental impact study.

«The announcement of this grant program highlights Governor Cuomo's commitment to foster collaboration and coordination among state agencies, municipalities, not - for - profits and educational institutions to minimize the harm aquatic invasive species cause to New York's environment, economy, natural resources and human health,» Acting Commissioner Seggos said.

Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary addresses the horse meat scandal and tells Iain it could contain products «injurious to human health»

In practice, MRLs are set well below levels that pose even a small risk to human health.

A Superfund site is land that has been contaminated and poses a risk to the environment and / or human health, per the

A Superfund site is land that has been contaminated and poses a risk to the environment and / or human health, per the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

For the people of Hoosick Falls who are trying to make sense of what the high levels of PFOA in the bloodstream means, the fact sheet doesn't convey the weight of the health risks detailed in published studies, said Laurel Schaider, an environmental chemist and public health researcher at the Silent Springs Institute, which studies the links between environmental contamination and human health.

The state's fact sheet mentions the human health risks of having high levels of the chemical in the body.

But last July, Alexander Salvagno of AAR was spotted serving on a New York City EPA peer review board of the draft document «Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster».

«Until this remedy can be credibly found to be protective of human health and the environment, EPA must do more to reevalute the effectiveness of this remedy and require additional actions to restore the health of this important ecosystem.»

The Dr Hadwen Trust was «appalled to learn that despite the growing consensus in the scientific community that challenges the validity of animal use for human health, animal use has reached its highest level for 24 years.»

He, therefore, called for an immediate review of the country's water purification systems to ensure that the toxins were removed, adding that algae were harmful to human health.

A high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities.

The result is a co-opted environmental health consciousness, an awareness of pollution's harm to the environment and human health, mixed with disempowerment to oppose it.

Cuomo's administration announced in December 2014 that it would not allow high - volume, horizontal fracking to proceed in New York, pointing to a report from the state Department of Health that questioned its impact on human health.

This has been confirmed time and again: most recently by Europe's preeminent group of regulatory assessors at the European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP), which says in its draft strategy on antimicrobials that: «it is recognized that the biggest driver of AMR in people is the use of antimicrobials in humans or human health.»

Because of its profound effect on human health, WHO has long considered baby feeding to be in need of special protection from commercial interests.

Emerging research shows that bacteria are absolutely vital for human health, and science has linked an imbalance in the human microbiome with multiple chronic non-transmissible diseases.

Everything we once thought is true is now undergoing radical revision with profound implications to human health, particularly the role of vaccines.

Leave campaigners promoted a vision of an independent UK playing a leading role in the world, so its important that this leads to better protection for human health.

This sets the standard for the term Natural and stipulates: * Product must be made up of at least 95 percent truly natural ingredients or ingredients that are derived from natural sources * No ingredients with any potential suspected human health risks * No processes that significantly or adversely alter the purity / effect of the natural ingredients * Ingredients that come from a purposeful, renewable / plentiful source found in nature (flora, fauna, mineral) * Processes that are minimal and don't use synthetic / harsh chemicals or otherwise dilute purity * Non-natural ingredients only when viable natural alternative ingredient are unavailable and only when there are absolutely no suspected potential human health risks

I don't think this is just a trend because we are becoming so educated about the relationship between the environment and human health.

A clean home goes a long way toward protecting human health.