Sentences with phrase «about improving the safety»

Major regulatory changes have brought about improved safety measures, including better rupture - resistant rail cars.
Since then, I've worked very hard to have conversations with folks in the midwifery community, in a state with no regulation, about improving safety, establishing standards for both education and practice.
In the coming weeks, officials no doubt will talk ear - nestly about improving safety.
The report went on to make 31 recommendations about improving the safety and security of the remote health workforce.

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«It's very sad and I'm very conscious that this woman's family has suffered a tremendous loss, but if you think about the industry, it's the safest form of transportation ever built and it's done nothing but improve,» said John Cox, a former airline pilot who is now president of consulting company Safety Operating Systems.
It's about finding continuous ways to ensure that audits aren't about obtaining a certificate to hang on the wall, but finding ways to improve their food safety management program.»
I think or safety play will be improved, but I am unsure about the play we will get from our corners.
While much of what the speakers at the N.F.L. / USA Football luncheon I attended last week in New York City was concussions and football safety advice MomsTEAM has been giving parents for years, what impressed me the most was what we were told about the ongoing efforts by the league and its youth football partner to improve health and safety for football players from the pros down to the youth level, a topic which takes up more of N.F.L. commissioner Roger Goodell's time than any other.
The presentation on USA Football's Heads Up program - a program designed to teach kids, and, more importantly, the coaches who teach the kids, how to tackle in a way that minimizes helmet - on - helmet and helmet - on - body contact, and one of the four steps in its Four Step Game Plan for improving football safety - was definitely worth hearing about and is a big step in the right direction towards taking the head out of football, although, again, I couldn't help but ask - at least to myself - what took them so long: teaching heads up tackling is something that MomsTEAM and one of our bloggers, former pro football player Bobby Hosea, have been promoting for at least four years!
For us, babywearing has always been first and foremost about wellness — health, bonding, security, safety, love — a key tool in the holistic development of our most precious and vulnerable gifts, and a way to improve the lives of families during what can be a rather overwhelming time.
Udall has led efforts in Congress to improve equipment safety standards and curb false advertising claims, focusing on ensuring parents, coaches and players have the information they need to make important decisions about how to prevent head injuries.
Obama administration goals for the legislation include: (1) improving nutrition standards for school meals; (2) increasing participation in school meal programs; (3) increasing parent and student education about healthy eating; (4) establishing nutrition standards for the so called «a la carte» foods (see my School Lunch FAQs for more information on these); (5) promoting increased consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low - and fat - free dairy products; (6) strengthening school wellness policies and promoting physical activity in schools; (7) training people who provide school meals and providing them with better equipment; and (8) enhancing food safety.
Floating Hospital for Children is committed to improving medication safety and educating patients and their families / caregivers about safe medication practices.
3M believes that health and safety is first and foremost about safeguarding worker welfare and that improving worker protection and comfort will help create a healthier and safer environment for a workforce.
He has some familiar and vague promises and catchphrases about improving education, public safety, and employment — in his words, turning the Bronx into «the Silicon Valley of the East» — but he said he sells himself to the voters as a populist hero and role model.
At 11 a.m., during a joint hearing, members of the NYC Council's Committee on Education and Committee on Health receive testimony about a legislative proposal intended to improve detection of concussions during scholastic football games and practices, and a legislative proposal that would establish a Youth Sports Health and Safety Task Force; Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.
US Senator Charles Schumer was in Ithaca Monday to talk about how to improve highway safety in the city
That led to a massive debate about how to improve school safety and whether to revamp the state's gun laws.
We currently have a debate about whether carrying firearms would improve our safety or make our job even more dangerous.
· Young Citizens (Lewisham, London) Founded by six year 7 pupils in Prendergast Ladywell Fields College, Young Citizens connects young people concerned about violence and crime with the individuals and organisations who can help, with the aim of improving the safety of the Lewisham community and the lives of those within it.
The candidates were asked about their plans to lower property taxes, improve public safety, address homelessness, and develop neighborhoods.
She told politics.co.uk the government should introduce a graduated driver licence if it is serious about improving road safety.
«Over the past two and a half years, he has been a collaborative partner, open - minded and receptive to a broad range of ideas and perspectives about how to improve public safety and make the criminal justice system more fair,» he said.
Sheppard says he's already in talks with the Regional Greater Rochester Transit Authority about security and safety at the upcoming transit center as part of an overall effort to maintain and improve public safety in the downtown area.
Ramos said she's helped «spark important conversations among neighbors about justice and equality, sustainability and our quality of life» and hopes to continue to work on affordability issues and improve traffic safety in the neighborhood, she said.
the residents, joined by representatives of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, state Assemblymen Keith Wright and City Councilman Robert Jackson, said complex owner Urban American Management should have consulted with residents about ways to improve safety before instituting the plan.
Following the Atomic Gas Explosion that killed at least 7 people and injured 132 in Accra, Government after a crucial cabinet meeting, announced a number of directives, about ten of them, geared towards sanitizing the fuel distribution and retail sector, to improve safety and save more lives.
«Programs that educate both mining operators and employees about the Part 50 program and workers» compensation, and policies designed to protect reporting workers from being punished or even fired, would help improve reporting rates, but more importantly, improve safety for those working in mines.»
«While advances in science and technology and improved safety practices have significantly reduced the threat of oil spills in Canadian waters over the past few decades, much about the fate, environmental impacts and remediation of oil spills remain poorly understood,» said Kenneth Lee, the director of Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Perth, Western Australia and chair of the seven - member panel.
· USNRC and the U.S. nuclear industry must continuously monitor and maintain a strong safety culture and should examine opportunities to increase the transparency of and communication about their efforts to assess and improve nuclear safety.
A researcher working on improving safety on the ice in two different sports talks about experiences in the field and offers valuable insights on current and future career prospects in Canadian sports science.
«NIH doesn't get up every morning thinking about improving practice and patient safety at the practitioner level.
«Very little is known about whether laws banning texting while driving have actually improved roadway safety,» Ferdinand said.
According to Evanega, the high quality of the report could help improve the policy environment for GE crop use and to convince more people that there is scientific consensus about the safety of GE technology and that biotechnology can help the country respond to climate change.
The Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety conducts research that generates new knowledge about how to improve the quality and safety of healtSafety conducts research that generates new knowledge about how to improve the quality and safety of healtsafety of healthcare.
The House Science and Technology Committee introduced legislation today that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.Introduction of the bill comes only months after J. Clarence (Terry) Davies authored a report that makes a series of recommendations for improving federal risk research and oversight of engineered nanomaterials at EPA, the FDA and the CPSC.
Because of apprehensions about safety have lead many to brush off and seek alternatives to other supplements in the market that prop up better health benefits and improved effectiveness as they are far more advantageous in the long term.
io if you are so inclined) has glowing things to say about creatine's safety record and potential benefits, and this is really the giste of what I've read over the years — issues like cramping, kidney damage, toxic metabolites have all been debunked and it really does improve anaerobic performance and increase muscle size.
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Blue Mounds, WI About Blog By a veteran chief who is committed to improving police leadership, trust, effectiveness, and officer safety.
The national discussion about improving school safety evolving from the shootings in Newtown, Conn., reached a pivotal moment last week, as the U.S. Senate began consideration of a measure to strengthen school building security, and a Senate committee passed a measure that would bolster school - based mental - health services.
In March 2009, WKCD wrote about the involvement of students from Chicago's Mikva Challenge in citywide policy discussions about improving school safety.
Often, but not always, it's because families have legitimate concerns about school safety or academic performance, despite years of hard work to improve them.
about New Jersey School Boards Association issues new report finding school safety has improved, but districts want to do more
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke about the possibility of rescinding the guidance earlier this month, to supporters who argue that the guidance improves school safety and promotes the use of alternative strategies that keep kids in school.
For more information on the USDOT's efforts to improve hazardous materials safety and awareness, including details about the proposed rule, visit the PHMSA website at www.phmsa.dot.gov.
about PHMSA Issues Interim Final Rule To Implement Expanded Authority to Issue Emergency Orders, Improve Pipeline Safety
The slow - selling Lexus CT 200h hatchback is about to go under the knife for cosmetic surgery and will get improved safety technology as part of a face - lift.
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