The chemical building blocks that make plastics so versatile are the same components that might
harm people and the environment.
Evidence is mounting that the chemical building blocks that make plastics so versatile are the same components that might
harm people and the environment.
Not exact matches
Communications
and travel make
people aware of the
harm done to workers, women
and children
and to the
environment — in rich countries as well as poor.
has not only caused incredible
harm to the
environment, but respiratory disease, cancer
and other ills, so - called «accidents» that murder
and maim many
people —
and other domestic
and wild animals, the poor things dismissed as «roadkill»,
and heinous wars.
The potential danger of non-organic coffee is
harm to
people and the
environment at origin.
Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the
Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education
and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without
Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights
People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester
People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council
«Across all countries a substantial number of
people who inject drugs are living with HIV or HCV
and are exposed to multiple adverse risk
environments that increase health
harms,» says UNSW's Professor Louisa Degenhardt, lead author of the paper reviewing prevalence of injecting drug use
and HIV
and Hepatitis in this population.
«Bias against transgender
people takes an enormous toll on their health through direct
harm, lack of appropriate care
and a hostile
environment,
and through transgender
people's avoidance of the medical system as a result of discrimination
and lack of respect,» Dr. Stroumsa says.
They also use a lot of power, run hot, have short lifetimes
and contain toxic gasses that can pollute the
environment and harm people.
Does not clearly call on
people to eat less meat, both to protect their health
and to reduce the
harm that meat production does to the
environment.
The main reason
people decide to go organic when gardening is that they think commercial chemicals, including pesticides
and fertilizers, may degrade soil quality,
harm the
environment and cause long - term damage to their personal health.
Some
people are drawn to the plant - based lifestyle for the impact it makes on protecting the
environment and some to avoid
harming animals.
and handcrafted gifts (click here for gift ideas) created in harmony with the
environment and without
harm to animals or
people.
Many
people have already made the switch to clothing made out of cotton, which is biodegradable
and doesn't
harm the
environment.
Founded in 1999
and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, UncommonGoods is an independently - owned company that endeavors to feature unique designs
and handcrafted gifts created in harmony with the
environment and without
harm to animals or
people.
When
people misguidedly remove cats to protect wildlife, they risk seriously
harming both the
environment and the species they aim to protect.
Ocean trash kills wildlife,
harms the
environment,
and damages the quality of life for
people all over the world.
Times have changed,
and more
and more
people are becoming eco-conscious
and doing their part in minimizing the
harm to the
environment while enjoying nature.
Few
people on the planet have done more to
harm the
environment, to thwart the technology - only strategy for dealing with global warming,
and to create the political polarization he now (laughably) decries than Newt Gingrich.
The four scientists will state that the anti-nuclear position of these environmental leaders is in fact causing unnecessary
and severe
harm to the
environment and to the future of young
people.
She also supports work to strengthen the capacity of national institutions to meet international standards
and access finance, with an emphasis on ensuring that climate finance is used effectively
and does not cause
harm to
people and the
environment.
These fuels do more
harm than good for
people, the
environment and the climate.
«In addition, respect for the rights of local communities
and Indigenous
Peoples is an internationally agreed safeguard to ensure REDD + does not
harm people or the
environment.»
However, certain energy practices, fuel sources
and technologies place a heavy toll on human health
and the
environment, impacting the lives of millions of -
people, including those who are most vulnerable to
harm.
(maybe most of you are too cool to remember that sort of moment... but think of something equally bad like the time you accidentally set something on fire
and it started getting out of control...) I think it will be worse than that... Seems like to me we need to be much, much, more certain before we go making policy all over the earth that could actually
harm us... or maybe not quite so bad, but really not desirable,
harm many developing countries
and distract them from addressing real environmental land use
and energy production problems that would actually help the
environment and save human lives now, today... but keep an eye on the future... not suggesting head in the sand stuff... just let's stop the panic... if you have to panic it's probly too late... most
people don't behave terribly rationally while panicing...
Researchers collected opinions between March 3
and March 18 via an online questionnaire, using a nationally representative sample of 1,174 American adults, both English
and Spanish speaking... «Few
people believe these preparations will
harm the economy or eliminate jobs,» survey director Jon Krosnick, a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the
Environment at Stanford University, said in a statement.
In the National Post today I argue that the extreme anti-coal stance of UN officials
and green activists
harms both
people and the
environment.
We are highly concerned about the grave
harm that climate change is already causing,
and will continue to cause, to
people and communities as well as to the
environment on which we all depend.
each
person could consume More energy
and still not
harm the
environment.
The major effect of cutting carbon dioxide emissions to zero, he said, would be «to kill
and hurt poor
people and greatly
harm animals
and the
environment.»
Given the substantial evidence of the environmental
and economic importance of encouraging the redevelopment
and revitalization of such sites, will the benefit of the ERT's decisions outweigh their
harm to the natural
environment and the
people of Ontario?
Furthermore, your place of employment may have created a hostile
environment for minorities, women, or
people of various ethnic or religious belief,
and standing up for your employment rights may put you at odds with your fellow employees or even place you in potential physical
harm from your employer
and coworkers.
Jurors often harbor a basic belief that if a big company is on trial, it has probably
harmed people or the
environment in pursuit of profits
and has caused long - term damage to
people and the planet — either by directly causing human health effects, polluting the air, water, or ground, or by contributing to global warming.
Nature sometimes provides input through a normal
and necessary environmental event, such as a flood or volcanic eruption, but human decisions have put
people and property in
harm's way without adequate measures to deal with the
environment.
Drug education helps children
and young
people understand that all drugs, legal
and illegal, have the potential to cause
harm,
and that the drug experience is because of many factors including the
person, the drug
and the
environment.
The notion of «environmental
harm» is widely defined, with
people and culture being recognised as an integral part of «
environment» under the legislation
and, although it has not been judicially tested, could foreseeably encompass the emission of greenhouse gases
and consequential climate change.
The court is guided by the best interests of the child,
and considers: the relationship of the child with each parent
and the ability
and disposition of each parent to provide the child with love, affection
and guidance, the ability
and disposition of each parent to assure that the child receives adequate food, clothing, medical care, other material needs
and a safe
environment, the ability
and disposition of each parent to meet the child's present
and future developmental needs, the quality of the child's adjustment to the child's present housing, school
and community
and the potential effect of any change, the ability
and disposition of each parent to foster a positive relationship
and frequent
and continuing contact with the other parent, including physical contact, except where contact will result in
harm to the child or to a parent, the quality of the child's relationship with the primary care provider, if appropriate given the child's age
and development, the relationship of the child with any other
person who may significantly affect the child, the ability
and disposition of the parents to communicate, cooperate with each other
and make joint decisions concerning the children where parental rights
and responsibilities are to be shared or divided,
and any evidence of abuse.
While we continue to
harm each other with lateral violence
and while governments
and industry operate within the native title system in a way that creates
environments that foster lateral violence, there will be little progress in improving the indicators necessary to close the gap between Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
peoples and the broader Australian community.