The National Park Service posted the results of The Peregrine Fund study on its Web site, noting «that while the results are preliminary and much further study needs to be done to better
assess risks to humans, it appears that if lead bullets are used, odds are high that you will ingest lead particles in ground meat.»
Title XIV: Miscellaneous - Subtitle A: General Provisions -(Sec. 1401) Expresses the sense of Congress that federal agencies
assessing risks to human health and the environment from energy technology, production, transport, transmission, distribution, storage, use, or conservation activities shall: (1) use sound and objective scientific practices in assessing such risks; (2) consider the best available science (including peer reviewed studies); and (3) describe the weight of the scientific evidence concerning such risks.
Mike develops and deploys a range of quantitative tools to study climate change and its impacts,
assess risks to human and economic systems, and analyze policy responses.
Not exact matches
As a result, users still lack the information they need
to make informed choices
to assess the privacy and
human rights
risks they face when using a particular service.
However, shareholders will need
to decide if this increased disclosure is sufficient
to allow them
to assess the company's exposure
to sustainability and
human rights related
risks.
To manage such risks effectively, we believe companies must assess the risks to shareholder value posed by human rights practices in their operations and supply chain, as well as by the use of their product
To manage such
risks effectively, we believe companies must
assess the
risks to shareholder value posed by human rights practices in their operations and supply chain, as well as by the use of their product
to shareholder value posed by
human rights practices in their operations and supply chain, as well as by the use of their products.
Even as far away as Mars, one of the instruments aboard the Odyssey spacecraft — an instrument designed
to assess radiation
risk to humans — was damaged.
«At a minimum, the
human health
risks to the site workers from radon and its decay products should be
assessed along with the associated treatment technologies such as aeration systems or holding for decay,» the agency wrote.
Instead, the bulk of research is focused on developing medical therapies and roughly $ 15 million has been spent
to assess human health and environmental
risks, according
to the Wilson Center.
Kisspeptins circulating in the blood increase dramatically during normal
human pregnancy,
to several thousand times non-pregnancy levels, which makes them a novel predictive marker for
assessing the
risk of later complications.
The report comes from the Army Study
to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS), a multicomponent epidemiological and neurobiological study of Army suicides and their correlates sponsored by the U.S. Army and funded under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH / NIMH).
The test is increasingly used as a method of
assessing substances — including drugs and cosmetics — that could pose a potential
risk to human or environmental health by causing damage
to DNA.
In order
to assess the
risk posed by various chemicals, it is essential
to know what the typical
human exposure
to a particular chemical is.
For nearly a decade, the center had been outsourcing much of its work
to SI, which
assessed health
risks and drafted reviews for 21 chemicals that the center was reviewing for their possible impact on
human reproductive health.
Currently, the
human health
risk from exposure
to a given endocrine disruptor is normally
assessed using a rodent model.
to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change
An overall objective, aside from the desire
to assess alternative means
to combine
human social system models with climate models, is
to provide a rational basis
to determine whether
human risk perception and associated changes in behaviors can significantly affect climate projections.
The idea is that burdensome regulations might stifle the nascent commercial
human spaceflight industry and the government should wait
to see how the business develops
to better
assess its
risks before imposing stronger safety requirements.
The Project The Raising
Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the role of human - induced climate change in the risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more resilient in a warming wo
Risk Awareness project seeks
to assess the role of
human - induced climate change in the
risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more resilient in a warming wo
risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help
to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities
to become more resilient in a warming world.
Potential projects include identifying common pathways that modify retinal degenerative disease from a large collection of actively maintained mouse models; determining molecular networks implicated in pathological disruption of the retinal pigment epithelium; identifying molecular pathways that regulate postnatal ocular growth; and using mouse models
to assess the pathogenic role of gene variants that increase the
risk of age - related macular degeneration as identified by
human genome - wide association studies.
As more information about endocrine disruptor effects and mechanisms becomes available, it will be increasingly important
to carefully quantify the extent of
human exposure
to EDCs and
assess the inherent
risk in that exposure.
4/26/2007 UCSD
to Participate in Nationwide Trial
to Assess Impact of Omega - 3 Fatty Acid on the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease Nutritionists have long endorsed fish as part of a heart - healthy diet, and now some studies suggest that omega - 3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish and algae as well as
human breast milk may also benefit the brain by lowering the
risk of Al...
The second thread links uncertain projections of future changes
to statistical and process models of
human systems
to assess the
risks posed by climate change.
Since efforts
to save even one
human life are worthwhile and critical, these same authorities, both existing and newly elected, should play a proactive role in the prevention of future suicidal acts by better
assessing the needs of the population and of individuals at high
risk for suicide.»
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in
humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each
assessing the other's suitability as a Learn tips for protecting your computer, the
risk of peer -
to - peer systems, the latest e-scams and warnings, Internet fraud schemes, and more.
While there is no evidence of cat
to human transmission, the Health Department is currently evaluating ACC staff, ACC volunteers, and persons who recently acquired cats from the Manhattan shelter
to assess this potential
risk.
After testing feral cats in Northern Florida for FIV, FeLV, and nine other infectious organisms, a 2002 study concluded that «feral cats
assessed in this study posed no greater
risk to human beings or other cats than pet cats.»
Thus, feral cats
assessed in this study appear
to be of no greater
risk to human beings or other cats than pet cats.
After testing feral cats in Northern Florida for FIV, FeLV, and nine other infectious organisms, a 2004 study published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery concluded that «feral cats
assessed in this study posed no greater
risk to human beings or other cats than pet cats.»
The climate panel was created in 1988 under United Nations auspices
to periodically review factors,
human and natural, influencing climate and
assess possible ways
to limit
risks.
If you have not heard, IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP
to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Given inherent uncertainty in
assessing new technologies this means that the
risks to the environment and
human health are much higher than were the case if more certain scientific information were required.
...
assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Its original goal was
to assess possible
human influences on global warming and potential
risks of
human - induced warming.
According
to its governing principles, the IPCC is ``...
to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
The IPCC says in its own words: «The role of the IPCC is
to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»
The Project The Raising
Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the role of human - induced climate change in the risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more resilient in a warming wo
Risk Awareness project seeks
to assess the role of
human - induced climate change in the
risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more resilient in a warming wo
risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help
to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities
to become more resilient in a warming world.
«With millions of people forced
to move each year by rapid - onset climate - related hazards and slow - onset environmental degradation, social wellbeing,
human rights, economies and even state stability are at
risk... at the highest level, climate change is being
assessed as a
risk to national security and potentially
to global stability.»
The IPCC in its statement on «PRINCIPLES GOVERNING IPCC WORK» says nothing on data but does say: «The role of the IPCC is
to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»
By
assessing the potential
risks of climate change
to human health in Italy, it seeks
to identify available adaptive and preventive measures and
to suggest additional ones.
«By attempting
to generate information that could be
assessed with statistical methods, the authors ended up with data that is so skewed and incomplete that it fails
to provide a plausible assessment of the
risk to humans of attacks by polar bears,» she wrote.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Maynard et al. say nanotechnology needs
to: develop instruments
to assess exposure
to engineered nanomaterials in air and water within next 3 - 10 years; create and test ways of evaluating the toxicity of nanomaterials in 5 - 15 years; generate models
to predict their possible impact on the environment and
human health over the next 10 years; develop ways
to assess the health and environmental impact of nanomaterials over their entire lifetime, within 5 years; and, enable
risk - focused research into nanomaterials, within the next 12 months.
According
to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a Nobel Prize - winning scientific body tasked by the United Nations with
assessing the
risk of
human - caused climate change, «An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system....
It has always attarcted those scientists who believe in man - made warming and it's charter directs it
to assess the
risks of a
human - influence on climate.
«Principles Governing IPCC Work, ``...
to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of
risk of
human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
More than 75,000 chemicals are registered currently with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and only a fraction of them have undergone proper testing
to assess whether they pose
risks to human health.
-- The parts of the organisation's business and supply chains where there is a
risk of slavery and
human trafficking occurring, and the steps it has taken
to assess and manage that
risk;
Our team reviews the full scale of law firm administrative operations, including but not limited
to finance,
human resources, information technology (IT), practice support, new business intake / conflicts, records, docket, Litigation / eDiscovery Support,
risk management, knowledge management, secretarial support, file / print room and other back office where we
assess, recommend and deliver improvement recommendations and next generation roadmaps, including tasks, timelines and costs
to plan your move from where you are today
to your desired future state.
However, we agree that the relevant Common Rule criterion for the approval of
human subjects research provides better guidance
to IRBs and privacy boards for
assessing the privacy
risks and benefits of a research proposal.