Sentences with phrase «be harmful to human activity»

Not exact matches

Frankly, most industries, indeed most human activities, are harmful to the environment, so the question for the public is what are we willing to condone for our own comfort and well being.

Mass Audubon generally opposes most nuisance control practices, including spraying of pesticides to kill adult mosquitoes when there is a relatively low risk of mosquito - borne disease, because of the human health risks of pesticide exposures, harmful environmental effects, and unproven effectiveness of these activities.

As a (poor) analogy, arguing whether or not it's human - caused feels a bit like planning to develop real estate on a seaside clifftop which some specialists have said might suffer dangerous erosion in the next 70 years unless you put up some seawalls to prevent water action at the base of the cliff - and basing your view whether to build seawalls and other erosion defences upon whether or not there's proof that human activity would be the cause of any future erosion, rather than whether or not erosion is likely and if so how harmful it might be to your interests if nothing is done to reduce it.

Presumably both sides would agree that if there is climate change, and if it would be sufficiently harmful (to the planet or to human activity, take your pick) then naturally we would try to reduce it.

As melting sea ice opens up the Arctic to more human activity, the mammals, known as «unicorns of the sea» for their single tusk, may be more exposed to the potentially harmful escape response, scientists say.

That is because human activities going back 150 years have emitted long - lasting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, meaning that sharp reductions in future emissions are needed to avoid harmful climatic impacts.

The activities that follow ask students to reflect on the basic human behavior of applying categories to the people and things we meet and to think about the circumstances in which «single stories» about others can be harmful or even dangerous.

The overall unfairness of segregating pets outside the human circle may deteriorate into gross insensitivity or even a felony if they are not brought indoors: (1) when they are sick or otherwise incapacitated as listed in Table 1; (2) in bad weather such as thunderstorms, ice storms, flooding, tornadoes and life - threatening temperatures; (3) when herbicides and other harmful chemicals are being used in the yard; (4) when construction, regular services and other activities may cause the dog to escape; (5) at night.

Pit Crew presentations use slide shows, classroom discussion and activities to introduce the concept that dogfighting is a crime that is harmful to the dogs, human participants, and the entire community.

Scientists are also beginning to link the increased frequency of harmful algal blooms to climate change and human activity.

It only means that human activities which are harmful to Earth's atmosphere are «continuing full speed ahead.»

When an EPA draft quoted the National Academy of Science conclusion that the changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, CEQ objected because the above quotes are unnecessary and extremely harmful to the legal case being made.

The cocktail of soot, dirt, dust and smoke in the air is harmful to human health and the environment, and causes massive disruption to economic activities.

The world's oceans act as a huge sponge for the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by human activities, but all of that extra CO2 increases the acidity in the waters, which can be harmful to the organisms that call the sea home.