Sentences with phrase «danger to public health»

The HHS investigation team, which did not include CDC employees who worked in EOC or in the zoonotic infectious diseases branch, concluded on 2 September that evidence did not support Lanciotti's allegations about Singleplex's superiority, or that there was any specific danger to public health because of the use of Trioplex.
Increased consumption of energy drinks may pose danger to public health, especially among young people, warns a team of researchers from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe in the open - access journal Frontiers in Public Health.
The board of the California chapter declared, «there is a clear and present danger to the public health of the children of this State based on our society's failure to adequately address the impact of child custody proceedings upon children as a chronic, system - wide, statewide, public health crisis which impacts the previous, current and future generations of California's most precious resource — its children.»
The board of the California chapter declared, «There is a clear and present danger to the public health of the children of this State based on our society's failure to adequately address the impact of child custody proceedings upon children as a chronic, system - wide, statewide, public health crisis which impacts the previous, current and future generations of California's most precious resource — its children.»
«While there is no immediate danger to public health and safety, this troubling news further validates the State's ongoing investigation into the operations of this aging power plant and our position that it should not be relicensed.»
Citing «an immediate serious danger to the public health, safety or welfare» and to residents at the facility, the Agency for Health Care Administration stopped
Animal control has the right to trap any cat it deems is a public threat to health and safety; if a «licensed veterinarian decides that the cat is too ill or injured or that it has an illness that presents an imminent danger to the public health or safety or to itself, the cat may be humanely euthanized».
But, as the Gannett story reminds us, Pegula is not above using his team to advance the interests of the industry that made him a billionaire, one that many consider a potential danger to public health in the Empire State should Gov. Andrew Cuomo approve hydrofracking.
Confronted by an avalanche of scientific evidence documenting dangers to the public health from fracking, and encouraged by thousands of loud and raucous protesters who crammed into the Empire State Plaza during his State of the State speeches, Gov. Cuomo reluctantly banned fracking.
There is probably no greater danger to public health today than the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FDA's advice and regulations regarding dietary fats.
A «whistleblower» discloses information he or she reasonably believes evidences: • A violation of any law, rule or regulation • An abuse of authority • Gross mismanagement • A gross waste of funds • A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety
«Energy drinks may pose danger to public health, researchers warn.»
One of Hein's missions in life these days seems to be to demonize the Catskill Mountain Railroad and its volunteers as not only deadbeat county tenants (CMRR leases them county - owned tracks) but with their lead - paint encrusted rolling stock a clear and present danger to public health.
Citing «an immediate serious danger to the public health, safety or welfare» and to residents at the facility, the Agency for Health Care Administration stopped Floridian Gardens Assisted Living Facility from admitting any new residents.
New York Civil Service Law prohibits the state from dismissing or taking disciplinary action against a public employee who reports fraud, wrongdoing or violations of the law, or who reports on an action that represents a danger to public health or safety.
On Wednesday, October 30, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the state came to Albany to expose Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regulations for what they are: fatally flawed, a danger to public health and our well - being, and supportive of a massive fracking infrastructure build out.
Though the Town Supervisor and Town Board do not have a direct vote on this project (read on to see why), my bottom line is simple: I will not support this proposal unless I am convinced there is no danger to public health, and I will do everything within my power to ensure that the Anellotech project is thoroughly and carefully reviewed by the appropriate authorities.
Is a new strain of H3N2 swine flu a danger to public health or just to the reputations of public health experts?
The CEQ also helped shape the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) declaration that it did not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as well as its decision not to declare them a danger to public health under the Clean Air Act, despite an internal EPA analysis noting that greenhouse gas emissions endangered public welfare.
Volatile organic compounds are a subsection of Hydrocarbons that are mentioned separately because of their dangers to public health.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is committed to protecting current and former Federal employees and applicants for employment from interference and retaliation when making protected disclosures, or «whistleblowing,» which includes disclosing information related to a violation of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an absence of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
In December 2007 the Bush administration found that greenhouse gases, especially those emitted by motor vehicles, were a danger to public health, and therefore should be regulated by the Clean Air Act.
Using e-mail strings we obtained (pdf file) under the Freedom of Information Act, John M. Broder has helped clarify the case of Alan Carlin, a long - serving economist for the Environmental Protection Agency who became a cause célèbre among opponents of restrictions on greenhouse gases for his challenge to the Obama administration's finding that the gases pose a danger to public health and welfare.
«[I] t is a violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act [a comprehensive law GAP has been instrumental in bringing about] to reassign employees in retaliation for protected disclosures that they reasonably believe are evidence of substantial and specific dangers to public health or safety.»
Photo: cocovanThe Environmental Protection Agency today said it has determined that planet - warming greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health and welfare.
It concluded there was no danger to public health and safety.
overturning an EPA rule that says man - made greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health
In 2007, in Massachusetts v. EPA, the US Supreme Court ruled that CO2 qualifies as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, and that the EPA must regulate it if it determines it to be a danger to public health.
The EPA, not the Congress, is the agency of the US Government designated by the Clean Air Act to make an official determination as to whether or not a substance being emitted into the atmosphere from human activities represents a danger to public health and the environment.
Jackson was also asked about the EPA's finding last week that carbon dioxide emissions are a danger to public health, which triggers the process of regulating the pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
Through its impacts on the climate, CO2 presents a danger to public health and welfare, and thus qualifies as an air pollutant
In 2009, the EPA issued its Endangerment Finding, demonstrating (based on intensive research and documentation) that greenhouse gases are in fact a danger to public health.
If the EPA determines that carbon is a danger to public health, the court said, it must regulate carbon to reduce that danger.
Yesterday, the EPA formally published its finding that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health.
The EPA has ignored the Chamber and seems to be moving forward with their so - called Endangerment Finding, which says that global warming is a danger to public health.
«Whistle - blower» protection might prevent Acme from retaliating (e.g. firing Doe) if he is exposing «gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety».
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