Sentences with phrase «damaging effects on human»

Researchers have long sought to understand how it is that using a chemical designed to specifically target bacteria could actually bring about such damaging effects on human cells.

The tax package would provide a substantial incentive to people to use more environmentally polluting modes of transport... International studies clearly demonstrate that taxes on fuel should be increased... and the biggest increase ought to apply to diesel fuel because, at least in urban areas, it has the most damaging effect on human health.

Mercury's damaging effect on human and environmental health has been documented for years.

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Despite all this the fact remains that our stock was damaged at the beginning of human history by a real sin, and the effects of this sin are passed on to us all.

We, concerned Ghanaians and Pan-Africanists at home and in the Diaspora, have read and watched with concern reports on the damaging effect of illegal mining on human lives, animals and the Ghanaian environment.

Aside from possible effects on human health, cyanide fishing inflicts damage on the coral reefs where it is employed, as the poison kills the reefs and many of the life - forms that rely on them

Before moving on to human trials, they will need to study all instances of «off - target» effects: Years before Crispr, the viruses employed to deliver DNA in gene therapy trials occasionally damaged the whole system, causing cancer.

«The introduction of mitochondria into damaged cells has beneficial effects on the health of cells and, in the long term, we believe that mesenchymal stem cells could even be engineered to create more effective therapies for lung disease in humans.»

The next steps in this line of research include tests on whether boosting the effects of FGF21 can help limit or reverse liver damage in mice and decrease a preference for alcohol in humans.

This week we have stories on the twisty tree of human ancestry, why mice shed weight when they can't smell, and the damaging effects of even a small amount of oil on a bird's feathers — with Online News Editor David Grimm.

The signature effects of human - induced climate change — rising seas, increased damage from storm surge, more frequent bouts of extreme heat — all have specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity.

His later work led to the discovery of free radicals and their damaging effects in the human ability to withstand diseases, bringing forward new investigations on human aging at SIRA.

The potential risks around sulfate aerosol solar geoengineering include alteration of regional precipitation patterns, its effects on human health, and the potential damage to Earth's ozone layer by increased stratospheric sulfate particles.

Fact is, toxicological studies of the effects of algae (primarily spirulina) consumption on humans and animals, including feeding as much as 800mg / kg, and replacing up to 60 % of protein intake with algae sources, have shown no toxic effects, and in contrast, algae intake has actually been found to prevent damage caused by toxins that affect the heart, liver, kidneys, neurons, eyes, ovaries, DNA, and testicles.

With rudimentary laboratories, one could argue that more was accomplished with regards to the effect of diet on cancer in the former half of the century, as revolutionary researchers like Tannenbaum, Rous, and their colleagues provided us with dozens of animal studies linking diet and cancer by exposing mice to free radical - laden vegetable oils.32, 33 Several decades later, two other researchers, Dayton and Pearce, provided one of the few studies revealing what happens when we give humans vegetable oils and their accompanying free radicals when they randomized men to a corn oil solution and a similar rise in cancer followed.34 It is no surprise that corn oil is often used in animal studies to cause cancer, as the ingestion of damaging free radicals predictably hastens cancer development.35 Furthermore, these scientists were the first to show that fasting, restricting calories, and cutting carbohydrates could lower the chance of cancer in animals exposed to dangerous chemicals and carcinogens.

What about the «paleo - diet», meaning the apparent fact that all grain and grain based foods are bad for humans because we can't properly digest them and they cause intestinal damage, with the apparent evidence being the negative effects of the agricultural revolution on humans, as well as the positive effects of cutting out grains from the diet for many people?

Antioxidants also protect all life on earth (plants, animals, and humans) against the damaging effects of oxygen radicals, which are always formed in an oxygenated environment.

If we equate de facto ketogenic diets with high - protein diets (which is not always correct) then the risks proposed by critics of this type of dietary approach are essentially those of possible kidney damage due to high levels of nitrogen excretion during protein metabolism, which can cause an increase in glomerular pressure and hyperfiltration.12 There is not wide agreement between studies; however, some infer the possibility of renal damage from animal studies, 99, 100 whereas others, looking at both animal models, meta - analyses and human studies, propose that even high levels of protein in the diet do not damage renal function.101, 102 In subjects with intact renal function, higher dietary protein levels caused some functional and morphological adaptations without negative effects.103 There may actually be renal - related effects, but on blood pressure rather than morphological damage.

Since kidney damage is the most frequent serious side effect in humans taking cyclosporine, your vet needs to periodically evaluate your pet's urine to check on the pet's kidney function.

The harmfull effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.

Then there's the effect on human populations in Asia, Africa, and Central America — land seized from indigenous inhabitants, forced labor, damage caused by fire and its resulting haze.

The harmful effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.

Here are people who are actually qualified to speak on the damaging effects of endless human CO2 emissions:

Other responses to this open - ended question included damage to plants, animals and the landscape (12 % of those asked) and effects on human health and local infrastructure (6 % of those asked).

Environment groups that have supported the wind industry and taken their thirty pieces of silver, «health professionals» who have no expertise in acoustics and no interest in faraway rural communities, but do have an overblown interest in climate health effects, have jumped on the wind energy bandwagon eager to claim the high moral ground despite the human collateral damage.

SCC is effectively an estimate of the direct effects of carbon emissions on the economy, and takes into consideration such factors as net agricultural productivity loss, human health effects, property damages from sea level rise, and changes in ecosystem services.

That's going to have one of the most important ramifications will be improvements in human health and we shouldn't overlook the very damaging effects of air pollution from coal and motor use is having on agricultural production in south Asia as well.

Therefore mitigating global warming will address both the synergistic harm that it wreaks in concert with the non-climate damage to the environment, and it will address the direct effect that it will have on species and ecosystem - an effect that, if warming is not properly addressed for a few more decades, will make all other human impacts pale by comparison.

The primary environmental objective of a tax on carbon is to set a price that reflects the «real» costs such emissions impose — accounting for the damages that are expected to arise from global warming, including effects on agricultural productivity and human health, coastal inundation, and other changes.

This technical document underlines, through about 40 indicators, the consequences of observed and projected climatic changes, including an increased risk of floods and droughts, losses of biodiversity (marine, freshwater and terrestrial), adverse effects on human health, and damage to economic sectors.

Jurors often harbor a basic belief that if a big company is on trial, it has probably harmed people or the environment in pursuit of profits and has caused long - term damage to people and the planet — either by directly causing human health effects, polluting the air, water, or ground, or by contributing to global warming.