Sentences with phrase «estimated health damages»

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Perinatal events can result in associated longer term health and broader societal costs, as shown by the size of damages paid in obstetric litigation cases, which represent a substantial cost to the NHS.27 Follow - up over weeks or longer to monitor recovery, or a future assessment of the outcomes for mothers and babies at a later date, would act as a vehicle for estimating costs and consequences beyond the perinatal period and shed more light on long term cost effectiveness.

An estimated 800,000 Americans live with an ostomy, with up to 80 percent experiencing high rates of peristomal skin complications (PSCs)-- skin inflammation, injury, or damage occurring around the ostomy — that can lead to pain, reduce life satisfaction, and increase health care costs.

The babies of women infected early in pregnancy have been born with microcephaly and other birth defects; a recent World Health Organization estimate suggests there have been 1781 brain - damaged babies born in countries recently infected with the virus.

Roughly a million Swedes over 15 years of age drink so much alcohol that they risk damaging their health, and it is estimated that some 300,000 of these people are dependent.

Mitchell Katz, MD, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and author of an editorial accompanying the studies, estimates that 30 % to 40 % of the people who take proton pump inhibitors need them for health problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomachHealth and author of an editorial accompanying the studies, estimates that 30 % to 40 % of the people who take proton pump inhibitors need them for health problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomachhealth problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomach acid.

It can cause thyroid damage and health issues for the estimated 50 % of the population with MTHFR mutations (Source, Source).

It has been estimated that about a dozen AEP coal plants in the Ohio River basin have been causing about $ 32 billion per year worth of damage to human health in the northeast.

«For existing RPS policies, the lower - bound estimates for human health benefits associated with improved air quality come in at least $ 48bn, plus $ 37bn in benefits from reduced damage to the climate.»

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 NAS National Research Council calculates that the health costs from fossil fuel combustion are in the billions: «WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates «hidden» costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.

advising a company in a claim against the Independent Certifier of a PFI project relating to the design, construction and maintenance and operation of a high security health facility, with damages estimated in excess of # 20m

The Health & Safety Executive estimates that there are 18,000 people in the UK whose hearing has been damaged or made worse by their working environment.

However, despite the decrease in the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander daily smokers reported in 2012 - 13, the ABS estimates that health outcomes will continue to reflect the smoking patterns in 2002 as the damage from these high levels of smoking will take some time to dissipate.