Cuts would constitute the nation's first restrictions on carbon dioxide, a gas that has
no direct effect on human health — in fact, it is the bubbles in beer — but that many scientists have concluded is already altering ecosystems and weather patterns as it accumulates in the atmosphere.
Not exact matches
Although a considerable body of scientific evidence substantiates the positive correlation between curcumin consumption and a reduction in the risk of cancer, the paucity of suitably designed
human clinical trials that clearly demonstrate any
direct effect of curcumin
on cancer markers may prevent
Health Canada from approving a cancer risk reduction claim for curcumin within the current regulatory framework.
A clear illustration of
direct effects of fossil fuels
on human health was provided by an inadvertent experiment in China during the 1950 — 1980 period of central planning, when free coal for winter heating was provided to North China but not to the rest of the country.
Despite concerns about the
effect of these pesticides
on humans, Frieden said they are safe when used as
directed, and no short - term
health problems have been reported.
The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change states with «very high confidence» that «the
health of
human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects of climate change» due to
direct effects — such as changes in temperature and precipitation or occurrence of heat waves, floods, droughts, and fires — as well as indirect
effects — through crop failures, shifting patterns of disease vectors, or displacement of populations.
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.
The impacts of climate change
on public
health will extend beyond the
direct effects of temperature
on human physiology.
A clear illustration of
direct effects of fossil fuels
on human health was provided by an inadvertent experiment in China during the 1950 — 1980 period of central planning, when free coal for winter heating was provided to North China but not to the rest of the country.