Sentences with phrase «environmental damages being caused»

«After his retirement General Honoré found that there are environmental damages being caused in America and that our democracy and way of life that he fought for is being taken over by huge oil and gas companies.

«We are sure you will agree that the accelerated environmental damage is caused by the industrial scale of illegal mining with heavy duty machinery.

Tainted water pours into a containment pond in a Unity field processing facility in what is now South Sudan, where there are concerns about the environmental damage being caused by the oil industry.

Not exact matches

The price is now five times greater and we humans are forced to dig up bitumen and boil off the oil using massive amounts of NG, fresh water and causing insane amounts of environmental damage.

South32 said there has been no disruption to production following a ruling by the Colombian Constitutional Court that the mine had caused health problems and environmental damage for local communities.

By: Victor Moolman 13th May 2016 An effective environmental management system (EMS) has to reduce the possible environmental damage caused by and the overall cost of a mine, as well as ensure that workers are safe and healthy, says mining industry consultant The MSA Group.

Trees could cause the most damage in one part of Nassau while flooding or a major environmental issue could be the problem somewhere else.

Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread environmental and occupational pollutant that has emerged as a major cause of pathobiochemical events and damage in a number of organs.

Unlike arabica coffee, which can (and is, in much of Mexico) grown as an agroforestry crop under mixed shade, robusta is grown in the sun and will require the clearing of valuable lowland forests, no doubt substantial amounts of fertilizer and pesticides, and cause collateral environmental damage.

Unfortunately, the Hawaiian Islands are among the endangered species capitals of the world and the deer pose an environmental threat, causing harm by overgrazing mountain slopes, damaging critical riparian areas, and introducing invasive plant species.

Some farmers have traditionally welcomed hunts on their land for their pest control functions, but others have been concerned that the environmental damage caused outweighed any pest control benefits.

The damage caused to trees and plants is an economic concern and also an environmental one.

Even if these unknown guarantees were to be accepted, however, restoration is but a euphemism in this case given the fact that the environmental damage caused to the Rosia Montana region would be irreversible.

In addition, the changes to our diets that health experts recommend to fight the obesity epidemic, less meat and dairy, less processed foods, and more fruit and vegetables, are the same changes that will make feeding a growing population easier with farming systems that cause far less environmental damage.

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale deposits often otherwise unaccessible, but critics say the process causes environmental damage and can even possibly trigger future earthquakes.

They also asked voters if they thought the process of high volume hydraulic fracturing would cause environmental harm — and 50 % said yes they thought there would be environmental damage.

Opponents said the dispersants themselves were toxic, may have caused environmental damage, and were not effective at reducing the already small droplets forming at the wellhead.

«It is another row on a ledger sheet called the «spill impact mitigation analysis,»» which assesses various strategies and tools to reduce environmental and economic damage caused by oil spills.

Usually, to produce this type of alumina it would have to come from bauxite ore, which is mined in countries such as West Africa, the West Indies and Australia, causing huge environmental damage.

Repeated use of bulk fertilizers and chemicals over the years have depleted the soils and caused other environmental damage, creating a vicious cycle that makes the current model of industrial agriculture potentially unsustainable — and increasingly expensive as more and more chemical and bulk salt - based fertilizer additives are required each year.

Armani said it has committed to abolish all chemicals which could cause environmental damage to production sites by 2020 and is in discussion on this with environmental groups.

Professor Dick said: «Alien plant and animal species cause environmental, economic and social damage across Europe, and their rate of invasion is set to increase in the coming years.

While no country in history has achieved its economic growth without causing environmental damage, expectations for Singapore's mitigation ambition are particularly high because it is a leading figure in facilitating a global climate change treaty.

Beyond repair and replication processes, ribonucleotides can also be created in DNA as a result of damage caused by drugs, environmental stressors and other factors.

The test is increasingly used as a method of assessing substances — including drugs and cosmetics — that could pose a potential risk to human or environmental health by causing damage to DNA.

Although monocultures can be cultivated efficiently, they are anything but sustainable: environmental damage to soil and water caused by monoculture cultivation is becoming increasingly evident.

The US Environmental Protection Agency limits fluoride to 4 parts per million in drinking water, which it says is enough to reduce tooth decay without causing damage.

Although the system requires water to operate, the amount of liquid that is spent is lower compared to the environmental damage caused by the refrigerant gas and electricity used by traditional systems.

It further demonstrates that marine litter is not only an aesthetic problem but has the potential to cause more serious and persistent environmental damage.»

Areas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently exist.

In a paper published by PLOS ONE, researchers concluded that a national strategy must be implemented in order to compensate for environmental damage caused by development projects in Africa.

One possibility, says Chao, is that high numbers of CNVs somehow cause DNA damage by making dads less able to protect themselves from environmental insults such as radiation.

They should be about 30 cents per gallon, he said, to account for the environmental damage caused by the burning of oil products, he said.

This response may be an adaptive strategy to moderate stress to ensure survival, but the accumulation of damaged Symbiodinium, which causes subsequent coral deterioration, may occur when this response can not cope with the magnitude or duration of environmental stress, and this might be a possible mechanism underlying coral bleaching during prolonged moderate thermal stress.

It is cheap because the environmental damage caused by coal burning isn't factored into the price.

Despite the protection offered by the cellular environment, the integrity of DNA is continuously challenged by a variety of endogenous and exogenous agents (e.g. ultraviolet light, cigarette smoke, environmental pollution, oxidative damage, etc...) that cause DNA lesions, interfering with proper cellular functions, such as transcription, inducing premature cellular death and finally premature ageing and organs dysfunctions.

A possible hypothesis for exactly how stress contributes is that it may cause a neurotoxic reaction in the brain (primarily in the hippocampus) that leads to cell damage and death in individuals who are already vulnerable (due to genes or early environmental insult).

DNA is constantly exposed to a variety of damaging factors such as genotoxic agents, environmental factors (e.g. UV light, irradiation) or normal metabolic activities (e.g. nucleotide misincorporation during DNA replication, reactive oxygen species) that causes a range of lesions.

Clay - based kitty litter is strip - mined, causing extreme environmental damage.

Due to repeated exposure to environmental toxins that can cause cell death in the brain, it is never a bad idea to bolster brain health to prevent potential mental health and brain damage.

These antioxidants resist or repair damage caused by free radicals which are formed by normal bodily processes and exertion, or by environmental contaminants.

Environmental toxins: Toxins, which are chemicals or metals that cause damage to the human body, are shown to increase the risk of developing insulin resistance.

A good routine involves steps to protect your skin from damage that can be caused by sun exposure, poor daily habits, and environmental factors.

There are plenty of ingredients and environmental factors that can cause damage.

Native to India, Neem is an Ayurvedic essential and we utilise it in our blends for its exceptionally high nutrient and carotenoid antioxidant content, which come together to fight the environmental damage that causes premature ageing and dry, dull skin and hair.

This 2009 study (pdf) demonstrated that Kombucha Tea «repair (s) damage caused by environmental pollutants such as TCE and may be beneficial to people who deal with these chemicals.»

Intestinal cells are sensitive to DNA damage, caused by environmental factors.

They are found in both our internal and external environments and include excessive levels of the hormone insulin (insulin resistance), emotional stress, environmental toxins (heavy metals), free - radical damage, viral, bacterial, fungal other pathogenic infections, obesity, overconsumption of hydrogenated oils, periodontal disease, radiation exposure, smoking, spirochetes such as the Borrelia that causes Lyme disease, and certain pharmacological drugs.

Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, a derivative of vitamin C, is an antioxidant that fights free radical damage caused by UV rays and environmental pollutants and stimulates collagen production in the skin.

Niacinamide can also mitigate the damage environmental attack can cause and is stable in the presence of heat and light.