Sentences with phrase «detrimental effects on the environment»

These directives cover disposal of WEEE and waste batteries because these items may contain hazardous substances which, if exposed, may have a serious detrimental effect on the environment and health.

China, the world's largest user of coal, has announced that as part of its economic reforms, it is moving to lessen its dependence due to the detrimental effects on the environment.

He also studies their detrimental effects on the environment.

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The large - scale disruptions in children's home environments reflected in the ten ACE categories clearly have detrimental effects on their development.

The fact that experience can shape individual differences, which in turn can affect the quality of spatial and social cognition a person, suggests that growing up in certain built environments can have detrimental or beneficial effects on their cognitive ability.

Stress is not a recent phenomenon, but the modern work environment seems to highlights its detrimental effects on employees.

The increased pollution, toxins in the environment, pesticides in our food and chemicals in the water supply all have a detrimental effect on our health, and damage our kidneys the most because they're the ones that filter out all the toxins in our system.

The detrimental effects of plastic on our environment is known.

We've briefly touched on one of the most detrimental effects of an acidic internal environment, which is the encouragement of disease — specifically cancer.

Their aim is to expose the mechanisms by which corporations function and the detrimental effects they have on society and the environment as an inevitable result of their current legal structure.

Along with the rise in consumer consciousness about the effects of their purchases on the environment, there has been a new awareness at the consumer level about the potentially detrimental effect harsh chemicals can have on pets» health.

Apart from the above reservations about the capacity of wind power to solve the energy problem, in the case of Southern Karystia there are also objections to the degradation of the natural environment from the accumulation of industrial installations for generating electricity within the protected area of Mount Ochi that will also have a detrimental effect on the economic life of the area, that is to say the agricultural economy and tourism.

Some of the key concerns regarding spraying these particles into the atmosphere are not only the potential detrimental effects on Earth's climate, environment and natural systems, but also the potential effects on human health.

Craig Mackintosh at Celsias writes about «the obstinate pushing of ethanol from corn, sugar, soy, and palm oils in the face of their overwhelming detrimental effect on people's lives, and on the environment.