Sentences with phrase «for protecting human health»
You can probably guess, without even looking, which entity proposes a lower threshold number for protecting human health.
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The EPA is the federal agency with responsibility for protecting human health and the environment.
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985), which outlines states» responsibilities for protecting human health and the environment against the adverse effects of ozone depletion, established the framework under which the Montreal Protocol was negotiated.
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A spokeswoman for the EPA declined to comment, but a top official said in an internal memo that EPA leaders «will do everything in our power to protect our ability to support the mission of the agency in protecting human health and the environment.»
We help protect our Australia's productive industries, environment and human health from pests and diseases by assessing the risks they pose, prioritising the pathways of entry and providing new technologies for surveillance and early response through sensor networks and autonomous platforms.
Meanwhile, we're working on our next film — due for launch in 2018, all about what practical things that can be done from birth onwards to establish, maintain, protect and restore the microbiome for optimal human health.
Spouses Ann T. Septick and Clea N. Liness created a hermetically sealed habitat for themselves and their family to protect them from ever getting sick, a move prompted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» (HHS) recent anti-LGBTQ moves.
As humans rapidly develop the Massachusetts landscape, Mass Audubon is working with state officials and other organizations to protect important areas for wildlife and environmental health.
Ensure that the human rights to and the responsibility for food security, for good health and a safe environment, particularly for women and children, are fully observed in order to protect, promote and support breastfeeding, and sound infant and young child nutrition.
The ways pediatricians can protect, promote, and support breastfeeding in their individual practices, hospitals, medical schools, and communities are delineated, and the central role of the pediatrician in coordinating breastfeeding management and providing a medical home for the child is emphasized.3 These recommendations are consistent with the goals and objectives of Healthy People 2010,4 the Department of Health and Human Services» HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, 5 and the United States Breastfeeding Committee's Breastfeeding in the United States: A National Agenda.6
More and more evidence points to the importance of breastfeeding on a cultural, public health, psychosocial, ecological and economic level, and the need to support, protect and promote it in all aspects of healthcare and society, as well as asserting breastfeeding as a human right for both babies and women.
Others used the event as a platform to call out the Trump administration for interfering with federally funded agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), tasked with ensuring that people are protected from risks to their health and environment and that federal laws that protect human health and the environment are enforced fairly and effectively, among other things.
Operational releases are designed to siphon off muddy water in order to protect the quality of the New York City drinking water, reducing the need for alum to purify drinking water, since the EPA has determined that excessive alum is harmful to human health.
With the assistance of Dr. Joseph Savarese, D.V.M., Professor and Chair of Medaille's Veterinary Technology Department, we are in development of a volunteer program for their students to gain experience in the field of public health at these clinics and see how the animal and the human world work together to protect the public.»
As a network of scientific, engineering and health organizations that recognize a role for science and technology in promoting human rights, the Coalition has a unique and vital contribution to make to efforts to ensure that governments respect, protect, and fulfill this neglected right.
MSF seeks to alleviate human suffering, to protect life and health and to restore and ensure respect for the human beings and their fundamental human rights.
The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), an office within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), develops policies to protect human subjects and monitors clinical trials at research institutHuman Research Protections (OHRP), an office within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), develops policies to protect human subjects and monitors clinical trials at research institutHuman Services (DHHS), develops policies to protect human subjects and monitors clinical trials at research instituthuman subjects and monitors clinical trials at research institutions.
Vaccines developed using proteins rather than live viruses can help protect animals and subsequently humans from insect - borne viruses, according to Alan Young, chief scientific officer for Medgene Labs, an animal health company that develops therapeutics and diagnostics, including vaccines.
At Harvard Medical School, she wanted to give fellow students the same opportunity to protect people's right to health care on a global level, launching a partnership between the university and Physicians for Human Rights.
The 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a Yale - based initiative that evaluates how 180 countries protect ecosystems and human health, finds cause for both optimism and serious concern.
Medicaid's sterilization policy was first developed in 1976 by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services) to protect against nonconsensual sterilizations for men and women.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical deHealth and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devHuman Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical dehealth by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devhuman and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devhuman use, and medical devices.
The EPA is convening an advisory panel to evaluate the human and animal data on arsenic risk for non-cancer diseases to determine whether the 10 ppb limit is adequate to protect human health, says Aaron Barchowsky at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
«We need to develop specific tools to study chemical toxicity in human reproductive cells; this will allow us to accurately assess safety thresholds for different compounds, and re-evaluate the acceptible daily intake levels to protect human health for some of them» said Professor Habert.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on «proposals to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators.&rHuman Services (HHS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on «proposals to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators.&rhuman subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators.»
The Commission had answered that: i) the scientific knowledge need animal research, ii) animal experiment remained important for the protection of the human and animal health, and to protect the environment, iii) the commission did not intend to repeal the current directive.
Access to accurate and useful data regarding potential hazards and risks is necessary for these programs to effectively protect human health and the environment, and provide for the responsible development and use of chemicals that are vital to everyday life.
The book is ideal for those who want to protect both human health and the environment.
Regardless of the fact that some of the health problems for actual human use are not proven conclusively yet, I don't know about you, but I'd rather protect myself and my family and steer clear of these possibly dangerous artificial chemicals.
These ways are with: Diet — eat more fruits and vegetables daily, including: foods rich in Vitamins A (leafy green vegetables), C (peppers, citrus fruits, berries, tropical fruits, broccoli and tomatoes), and E (almonds, spinach, wheat germ and sweet potato), Zinc (grass - fed beef, kefir, yogurt, chickpeas and pumpkin seeds); Lutein and zeaxanthin (spinach, kale and broccoli, and eggs), fish and omega 3 — eating fish 3 times a week is in total co-relation to cataract health and can lower the risk of cataracts; Supplements (it's preferable to get your nutrients from food, but it's not always possible) such as bilberry which is used traditionally to help protect against cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration; Sun protection — make sure to wear eye protection whenever out in the sun to help reduce the risk of eye health issues; Lifestyle modifications — smoking and drinking are known health risks, but also for the eyes; and the possible upcoming Eye Drop intervention — drops containing Lanosterol have been tested on 3 dogs that cleared their vision after 6 weeks of using these drops — unfortunately, it's not yet available for human use at this time.
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Their metabolisms are better suited to seed - eating; they make more amylase, for one thing, than humans do and their body chemistry is better capable of neutralizing phytic acid and various other factors protecting seeds from digestion in such a way that over the long term, they ruin human health.
28 - July 1 — Dropout prevention: Summer Leadership institute, sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center / Network, and the College of Health, Education, and Human Development at Clemson University, for teachers, administrators, counselors, educational policymakers, researchers, and business leaders concerned about at - risk youth, at the Madren Conference Center at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. Contact: John Peters, NDPC / N, 205 Martin St., Clemson, SC 29634; (864) 656-2599; fax: (864) 656-0136; e-mail: [email protected].
Beginning in 1906, the FDA is still responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.
Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Health and Human Services, released a new report (PDF) in conjunction with the hearing that underscores how sequestration could unravel federal efforts to protect the middle class and have more destructive consequences for domestic programs like education than for defense.
Since then, United Teachers Los Angeles has won and protected an impressive collection of bargaining rights for LAUSD educators and health and human services professionals.
We conduct analyses and recommend policies for reducing transportation fatality and injury rates, increasing stewardship of the human and natural environment including air quality, water quality, and historic resources, and protecting environmental health while improving the transportation system.
Trap - neuter - release programs for community cats help protect human health.
As a technology, Accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide ® (AHP ®) was designed to be Deliberately Different ™ and is formulated for use on skin, surfaces and devices, protecting the health of ANIMALS, HUMANS and the PLANET.
«Innovative research is key to protecting both human and animal health,» said Dr. Heidi Hulon, consulting veterinarian for Elanco.
Just as oral health is important for excellent health in humans, dogs too, require a healthy oral cavity and teeth so they will be adequately protected from a variety of systemic diseases associated with canine periodontal disease.
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When I went to Kenya, for example, there was a tension: so - called progressive westerners got all watery - eyed about going on safari and protecting the zebras and the wildebeests, but the western environment lovers barely noticed the people of Kenya, or ever learned about the gigantic environmental challenges to human life and health: like malaria borne by mosquitoes and diseases from unsanitary drinking water.
Call on parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. to also consider and address the health, human rights and security implications of climate change, including the need to prepare communities for relocation, to protect persons displaced across borders due to climate change - related impacts, and the need to create a legal framework to protect the human rights of those left stateless as a result of climate change.
«A long - term goal of science is to be able to come up with solutions to help protect human health and life, so this project is very fulfilling for me.»
SEI identifies policies and solutions that can support shifts toward clean and efficient transportation systems — which are vital to protect the climate and human health, and for sustainable cities.
So, these vulnerable nations are urging all Parties to the UNFCCC to «consider and address the health, human rights and security implications of climate change, including the need to prepare communities for relocation, to protect persons displaced across borders due to climate change - related impacts, and the need to create a legal framework to protect the human rights of those left stateless as a result of climate change.»
(Sec. 112) Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish a coordinated approach to certifying and permitting geologic sequestration; (2) promulgate regulations, within two years, to protect human health and the environment by minimizing the risk of escape to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide injected for purposes of geologic sequestration; (3) report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works every three years on geologic sequestration in the United States and in North America.
Doctors must respond to protect human health against an unprecedented challenge The current federal political climate in the United States bodes ill for the future of the world's climate, and...
IPL advocates for energy policies that reduce greenhouse gas pollution, protect the health, beauty, and integrity of earth, support the health of human communities, and promote the use of clean energy.