Sentences with phrase «adverse public health effects»

The EPA estimates that more than one hundred cement kilns emit more than 23,000 pounds of mercury each year, which have major adverse public health effects.

Not exact matches

That immediately sparked concern over the potential adverse effects to public health and to Miami's estimated $ 24.4 billion annual tourism trade.

In the last few decades it has been established beyond any reasonable doubt that bioeffects and some adverse health effects occur at far lower levels of RF... exposure where no heating... occurs at all; some effects are shown to occur at several hundred thousand times below the existing public safety limits where heating is an impossibility.»

Unfortunately, it is difficult to see how this decision will not have an adverse effect on the health of the mothers and infants in the Greater Toronto Area, and thus violate the mandate of this public health facility.

Many other bloggers have done the same and as a group... MOMS have altered public perception and dealt a big blow to an industry that did not apparently care one iota about the adverse health effects of their products.

As part of its mission, the Oneida County Public Health Emergency Response and Preparedness Program (PHERP) assist the community before, during and after an emergency event to prevent or minimize its adverse effects on the health and safety of the residents in the commHealth Emergency Response and Preparedness Program (PHERP) assist the community before, during and after an emergency event to prevent or minimize its adverse effects on the health and safety of the residents in the commhealth and safety of the residents in the community.

The increase in free time and the changes in the social networks related to retirement can have either adverse or positive effects on public health, says Academy Research Fellow, Docent Sari Stenholm from the University of Turku.

«Infertility is becoming a significant public health issue because of unexpected adverse effects on the health and quality of life and heavy expenditures on the health system,» said Dr. Jin - Young Min, the study's co-author.

BPA has been identified as an endocrine disruptor and has been linked in numerous animal studies to adverse health effects, including in reproductive and metabolic systems, which have prompted public concern.

A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health suggests that long - term use of paracetamol during pregnancy may increase the risk of adverse effects on child development.

R. S. Sharma, a public health specialist on the panel from the Indian Council of Medical Research, writes in the report that, «the hot tropical climate of the country, the low body mass index; low fat content of an average Indian as compared to European countries and high environmental concentration of radio frequency radiation may place Indians under risk of radio frequency radiation adverse effect.»

«From a review of the literature, it would appear that concerns in the scientific community and among the public regarding the potential adverse health effects of the increased consumption of energy drinks are broadly valid,» write the authors.

Many studies, however, suggest that the adverse effects of trans fats are worse than those of saturated fats, says Walter C. Willett, an epidemiologist from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Pope's research on the adverse effects of anabolic - androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance - enhancing drugs addresses psychiatric effects of AAS use and ASS withdrawal, the cardiac toxicity of AAS (which is emerging as a serious public health problem), and cognitive deficits in AAS users.

«In their opinion piece, Simopoulos and DiNicolantonio call upon public health bodies to establish nutrition policies based on science, but they justify their criticisms by advancing an unproven hypothesis on the adverse effects of omega - 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, derived largely from theoretical arguments and animal studies, as if it were established fact.

Thus, the potential health benefits or adverse effects associated with multivitamin use are of great public health importance.

Further, adverse effects are amply documented and are far more significant to public health than any adverse effects of infectious diseases.

The programme ended in 1969 following evidence of DDT resistance in mosquitoes and increased public concern about adverse health and environmental effects.

In the United States, a robust public health infrastructure, such as sanitation and wastewater treatment facilities, has proven the best defense against adverse health effects from climate change.»

And they have adverse, and costly, effects on public health.

You'd be among the first to test them out before they're approved for the general public, so there's always some risk or adverse effects that could occur if you volunteer for experimentation; however, these are controlled environments where doses are regulated safely, and your health history is screened before signing up.