Sentences with phrase «called environmental diseases»

For instance, alterations in the composition of the bacterial community are implicated in the origin of various so - called environmental diseases.

Not exact matches

A coalition including cooling industry representatives and environmental activist Erin Brockovich called on the state to enforce federal water regulations, regularly test the water supply and improve New York's water infrastructure, as data show the state has the highest number of Legionnaire's disease cases in the nation.

Also at 12:30 p.m., environmental advocate Erin Brockovich, the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires» Disease, and the Allergy and Asthma Network will hold a press conference to call on lawmakers and health officials to work towards real, effective solutions to New York's escalating Legionella and Legionnaires» disease crises, LOB, Room 130, 198 State St., Disease, and the Allergy and Asthma Network will hold a press conference to call on lawmakers and health officials to work towards real, effective solutions to New York's escalating Legionella and Legionnaires» disease crises, LOB, Room 130, 198 State St., disease crises, LOB, Room 130, 198 State St., Albany.

New York Leads the Nation in Cases of Legionnaires» Disease The Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires» Disease Partners with Iconic Public Health and Environmental Advocate Erin Brockovich and Allergy & Asthma Network to Call for Real Solutions to New York's Growing -LSB-...]

Janet Stout, director of Special Pathogens Laboratory in Pittsburgh and an associate professor of research at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, has studied Legionnaires» disease for 30 years and called the idea of legislation from the state and the pending City Council legislation «unprecedented.»

Dysevolution is what Lieberman calls «the deleterious feedback loop that occurs over multiple generations when we don't treat the causes of a mismatch disease but instead pass on whatever environmental factors cause the disease, keeping the disease prevalent and sometimes making it worse.»

Though mutations that cause human cancer have traditionally been thought to originate from heredity or environmental sources, these results — grounded in a novel mathematical model based on data from around the world — support a role for so - called «R» or random mutations in driving the disease.

The so - called «allostatic load,» ie, the imbalance between the ability to adapt to environmental demands and overexposure to environmental stress, increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases via neuroendocrine, autonomic, and immune mediators (see section V.P)(111).

We live in convulsed times in terms of environmental depletion, violence and diseases; and we young scientist are called to help to address all these issues and pursue for a better world.

In total, this third call will provide 30 million SEK in support for sequence analysis of unique and well - characterized sample collections to study either the genetic basis of disease or environmental effects on biodiversity.

«For agents that cause disease — such as rodents or fleas — call a professional who knows how to properly fumigate and air out your home,» says Douglas A. Swift, MD, associate clinical professor in the departments of medicine and environmental health at Tulane University.

Because of how antioxidants work — by adhering to damaging atoms called free radicals — they are thought to help combat cancer, intercept the damage of environmental pollution, and prevent age - related degenerative disease.

He calls me the canary in the coal mine of environmental diseases.

Although both scientists and lay people alike may frequently identify a single dietary element as the cause of chronic disease (eg, saturated fat causes heart disease and salt causes high blood pressure), evidence gleaned over the past 3 decades now indicates that virtually all so - called diseases of civilization have multifactorial dietary elements that underlie their etiology, along with other environmental agents and genetic susceptibility.

After completing what is called the mucosal phase of infection where environmental interfaces are attacked (as described by the above GI and respiratory disease), the virus proceeds to the central nervous system for its neurologic phase leading to:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana University and the University of Georgia do report evidence linking the disease to exposure to environmental contaminants called polybrominated diphenyl (PBDEs), dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furnitEnvironmental Protection Agency, Indiana University and the University of Georgia do report evidence linking the disease to exposure to environmental contaminants called polybrominated diphenyl (PBDEs), dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furnitenvironmental contaminants called polybrominated diphenyl (PBDEs), dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furniture, fabrics.

When I went to Kenya, for example, there was a tension: so - called progressive westerners got all watery - eyed about going on safari and protecting the zebras and the wildebeests, but the western environment lovers barely noticed the people of Kenya, or ever learned about the gigantic environmental challenges to human life and health: like malaria borne by mosquitoes and diseases from unsanitary drinking water.

Rob Burton, a 24 year old from Birmingham, Alabama: «Other than the understanding of environmental degradation and climate change, I was personally called to do this work within the environmental movement because of having cystic fibrosis, a chronic genetic disease that affects my entire body, but especially my lungs.