Sentences with phrase «effects on human health at»

This expansive survey alleviates the concern that pharmaceutical pollution, for example through drinking water contamination, has negative effects on human health at current concentrations.

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«The good thing is that it's not toxic to humans and has been shown to not have any adverse effects on human health,» said Gubler, a professor emeritus at Duke University and a former head of the CDC's dengue program.

For instance, the researchers didn't look at other contaminants, like the effects of endocrine disruptors, flame retardants and pesticides on human health and early deaths.

Waste to energy technology has been backed as an «affordable» way for municipalities to manage wastes and generate energy, with «almost no measurable effect on human health», according to scientists and industry experts at the recent Energy Recovery Symposium in Toronto, Canada.

In other words, it looks like there's something in the human central nervous system that an educated chili head might call an Endo - Capsaicin Receptor system (a system designed to sense and process capsaicin that, when activated, can have significant effects on the central nervous system at large) and that when this system is frequently activated by the digestion of capsaicin, we see all kinds of health benefits.

Chemicals with estrogenic activity «have been reported to have potential adverse health effects in mammals, including humans, especially in fetal and infant states,» says Dr. George Bittner, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin who has served on many National Institutes of Health phealth effects in mammals, including humans, especially in fetal and infant states,» says Dr. George Bittner, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin who has served on many National Institutes of Health pHealth panels.

In this study in Timothy grass, researchers led by environmental health scientist Christine Rogers of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allhealth scientist Christine Rogers of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allHealth and Health Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allHealth Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allergen.

Because of the growing concerns about mercury exposure, Fernandez is leading a project at Wake Forest University in Winston - Salem, North Carolina, to study the metal's effects on human and environmental health in the Amazon.

They indicate that particulates are the greatest current environmental risk to human health, with the impact on life expectancy in many parts of the world similar to the effects of every man, woman and child smoking cigarettes for several decades,» says study co-author Michael Greenstone, the director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College and the Harris School.

«While genetic modification of crops can introduce new beneficial traits into existing crops, the resulting products need to be tested for long - term health effects before making assumptions about their impact on human health,» said senior investigator Frances Sladek, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience at UC Riverside.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Bayreuth has now discovered that there are arsenic compounds which have a toxic effect on plants and yet had not previously been considered in connection with chemical analyses of rice and the estimated health risks for humans.

In a recent review, researchers from the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and University of Paris - Diderot compared the effects of six potential EDs on the function of rat, mouse and human fetal testis at comparable stages of their development.

This year «s Young Scientist Award on human health sciences research, presented at the EUROTOX annual meeting, has been awarded to Amy Zmarowski of NOTOX, Netherlands, for her poster presentation: «Differential effects of methylazoxymethanol and MK - 801 administration on learning and memory impairment in Sprague Dawley and Wistar Han rats ``.

While silver nanoparticles are very effective at killing bacteria, there are major concerns regarding the effects that those particles may have on human health.

Carman says GM foods have not been around long enough for anyone to know what health problems they may cause, no one is looking at health surveillance systems to see if GM foods are currently causing harm, and no real animal or human studies have been done on their long - term effects.

«One study published in Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease looked at the dietary influence of various carbohydrates in vitro on the adherence of Candida to human epithelial cells.2 The study examined the effect of various carbohydrates including fructose, galactose, glucose, maltose, sorbitol, and sucrose.

At least 8 other national and international review committees have evaluated the evidence concerning potential health effects of rBGH on humans and dairy cows.

Although there are no published studies on the effects of breakfast cereals on the health of humans or animals, there is one published study which looked at the process of extrusion on the proteins in grains (Cereal Chemistry.

Scientists at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds conduct rigorous research on the physiological effects of meditation on the brain, and the power of the brain to influence human health.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD) collected detailed information on achievement, social development, family experiences, child - care quality, and schooling for roughly 1,300 children at regular intervals from birth on, yielding data that have resulted in numerous influential papers on child care and family background effects on early achievement and social adjustment.

From 1990 to 1991 while a graduate student, he worked under a Ministry of Education grant at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki conducting basic and applied research on the effects of sleep deprivation on human health and perforHealth in Helsinki conducting basic and applied research on the effects of sleep deprivation on human health and perforhealth and performance.

This flyer stresses that the threats of climate change can have a negative effect on human health and welfare but at the same time can constitute an opportunity to leverage positive social transformations with a particular focus on the needs of the most vulnerable within a comprehensive sustainable development framework.

His research is concerned with various aspects of air pollution at scales ranging from regional to global, particularly effects of acidifying deposition, eutrophying nitrogen deposition and gaseous pollutant impacts on crops, forests and human health.

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.

«At mid - latitudes the ozone decrease would be up to 40 percent, which could have huge effects on human health and on terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems.»

In fact, some types of trees actively consume certain types of air pollution.Looking at oxygenated volatile organic compounds (oVOCs)-- which are emitted from both manmade and non-manmade sources and can have serious effects on the health of the environment and humans — the team found that deciduous plants take up oVOCs as much as four times more rapidly than previously thought.