Sentences with phrase «between environmental contamination»

Based on the book by ecologist, author, and cancer - survivor Sandra Steingraber: A documentary that follows Steingraber for a year as she travels across North America to break the silence about the connections between environmental contamination and cancer.

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.

Not exact matches

«Contamination by environmental pollutants in fish could provide an explanation for the observed association between high fish intake in pregnancy and increased childhood adiposity,» the authors write.

The aim is to bring academic discipline to the unresolved national debate, which pits an industry that denies any link between fracking and environmental contamination against those who assert that fracking poisons air and water with natural and man - made chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects and other illnesses.

The report «Fact - Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development» was released in February during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver, British Columbia, and suggested there is little or no evidence of a direct connection between groundwater contamination and hydraulic fracturing, which involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals to release natural gas from shale formations deep underground.

Heelan Realty and Development Corp. v. Ocskasy (27 A.D. 3d 620)- broker's claim dismissed; although testimony supported conclusion that the contractional relationship of the parties continued beyond the expiration date of the written listing agreement, the broker failed to present legally sufficient evidence of its entitlement to payment of a brokerage commission; prospective buyer's principal testified that buyer was not advised regarding the environmental contamination and subsequent remediation of the property, that regulatory approvals of the clean up work had not been obtained and was unable to state that the prospective buyer would have consummated the purchase had it been aware of the contamination issues; broker failed to establish that buyer was ready, willing and able to purchase the property and that there was a meeting of the minds between the buyer and the seller