Sentences with phrase «health over the environment»

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But for those who oppose fracking, there is this: Burning the natural gas produced by fracking may be much better for the environment and public health, over the long run, than burning coal.

The lack of funding combined with the toxic environment that surrounds the debate over gun rights has made most public - health researchers wary of touching the topic.

In the past 13 rising - rate environments over the past 64 years, tech and health care sectors gained an average of 20 % and 13 %, respectively during the 12 - month period following the first rate hike of each cycle.

To a good degree, the health benefits of flexible jobs come from having more control over your schedule and your work environment.

Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.

I feel the US is very behind the times on this front and we need people over here to start teaching Americans the best ways to fuel their bodies and subsequently protect their environments and their health.

«As consumers become more aware of the benefits of organic over natural and conventional beef, and also become more aware of the possibility for a really gourmet eating experience without sacrificing their health or the welfare of the environment, there will be more demand for organic beef,» he believes.

According to Mintel's Global New Products Database (GNPD), 52 % of US adults placed taste at the forefront when following a plant - based diet, outranking health (39 % of respondents), the environment (13 %), animal protection (10 %) and concerns over diet (10 %).

«Fifty gigalitres of water over five years will help sustain the river and environments that lie between the larger iconic wetlands and floodplains, contributing to the health of the Murray - Darling river system as a whole,» he said.

Those technologies that manipulate DNA artificially increase corporate control over seeds, diminish rich, diverse diets of local communities, promote monoculture, increase biosafety risks to health and environment, and need high investment and complicated regulatory frameworks which many countries lack.

For example, health conscious carnivores have been favoring grass - fed cows over grain - fed animals based on studies indicating that grass - fed beef is nutritionally superior and that grass feeding is just better for the animals, as well as the environment.

A series of short reports on over a dozen different products, shows how people's shopping choices - as well as government policy - can protect the environment, enhance social justice and improve health.

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

So many recent cultural shifts — a growing sense of alarm over childhood (and adult) obesity, a new interest in where our food comes from and how its production affects our health and environment, concern about climate change and the need to source food locally — all point in that direction.

A study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in the US looked at the influence of both child care and the home environment on over 1,000 typically - developing children They found that parent and family characteristics were more strongly linked to child development than were child care features.»

With a better taste, more options, less cost, and a healthier alternative for your health as well as the environment, vaping is clearly the winner over cigarettes.

«Over the years I have tried to use images and ideas to cut through complacency and apathy while trying to raise consciousness about an array of social issues from discrimination and human rights, to health and the environment» notes Chaz Maviyane - Davies on his work.

Devolution gave the Assembly and Executive Committee full legislative and executive authority over Agriculture, Economic Development, Education, the Environment, Health and Social Services.

But their survey of over 600 built environment professionals reveals that healthy placemaking sits on the periphery of UK housing, public health and placemaking policy and continues to be seen as a cost to local development rather than an investment.

«Fellows and Members of the College are confronted daily with the health impacts of alcohol use, and also experience the effects of alcohol intoxication on behaviour, including social disorder and lawlessness which sometimes spills over into the hospital environment in general, and Emergency Departments in particular.

Over the past three decades, I have served Ulster County by focusing my work on public health and the environment.

Over the course of the election campaign, the economy, environment, tax, health and Europe were the most discussed issues in the Inverness constituency.

«Over the coming months, I'll continue to speak with people in communities across Suffolk County to let them know they can count on me to fight for high paying jobs, affordable health care, and a clean environment,» he said.

While many county Democrats have lauded the deal as a win for the environment and public health — the plant, situated atop two fault lines, has been cited for 40 safety and operational «events» since 2012 alone — Republicans and other local community leaders have been quick to raise concerns over the economic impact of its decommissioning.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein and Commissioner of Environment and Planning Thomas Dearing to announce a major Erie County commitment of $ 3.75 million over the next five years to increase lead inspections and remediation across Erie County.

With over 200,000 research articles covering science, health, technology and the environment — there is something for everyone on ScienceDaily.

«If we can understand how the landscape has changed over decades and what that does to water quality, human health, and ecosystem health, we can begin to make predictions for the future,» said senior author Kathleen Alexander, professor of wildlife conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate.

The Rockefeller Foundation yesterday also pledged $ 15 million for planetary health, adding to the $ 200 million spent over the past five years on other public health and environment initiatives.

According to the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, climate change over the coming decades is likely to increase rates of allergies, asthma, heart disease and cancer, among other illnesses.

NEW DELHI — A giant cloud of pollution is hanging over large parts of South Asia, endangering the health of over a billion people who inhabit the region, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The catchall term «environment» stands for diet, lifestyle, and any other ingredient of health over which a person has at least some nominal control.

«If we're not there as a pushback, then they're going to just run over us and destroy the environment and all human health in the name of economic development.»

The research team, comprising 20 researchers from the Copenhagen Centre for Team Sport and Health, the University of Southern Denmark, Gentofte University Hospital and the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, was led by Professor Peter Krustrup, who has studied fitness and health effects for more than 10 years and published 55 articles in the area over the last 5 Health, the University of Southern Denmark, Gentofte University Hospital and the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, was led by Professor Peter Krustrup, who has studied fitness and health effects for more than 10 years and published 55 articles in the area over the last 5 health effects for more than 10 years and published 55 articles in the area over the last 5 years.

With world population expected to increase as much as 50 percent over the next half century, analysts are indeed worried that increasing demand for water, coupled with industrialization and urbanization, will have serious consequences both for human health and the environment.

The animals then were released back into the wild so the researchers could follow them over time to see how their environments may influence their progress and health.

Over the past 30 years, the scope of the CNWRA support has grown to provide technical and programmatic assistance to the NRC staff and their agency's mission to protect public health and safety, and the environment.

These recommendations are rooted in the precautionary principle and the belief that the health of people and our environment must take precedence over corporate profits.

Currently and in the near future, resources such as the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health; the UK Biobank; the VA Million Veteran Program; and others are making available genetic data linked to comprehensive EHR - based clinical outcomes and traits on over a million people.

The above agencies / departments operate in over thirty Developing Countries, providing aid for a range of activities in areas as diverse as health, education, agriculture, the environment, good governance, and human rights.

Many of my patients over the years could pinpoint their health declining when they were in a toxic, stressful relationship or environment.

But, if we're going to eat beef, we make a huge difference by choosing grass - fed over grain - fed, not only for our health but for the environment and animal rights.

She is the author of over 30 books on health and nutrition including diet, detox, women's health, men's health, perimenopause, menopause, beauty and the environment.

A new guide by Made Safe — a certification scheme that labels products with ingredients that don't harm our health or the environment — seeks to demystify some of the over 80,000 chemicals in our products today.

Functional medicine reflects a systems biology approach to health care: a comprehensive analysis of the manner in which all components of the human biological system interact functionally with the environment over time.

Our Turkestanica Sea Berry is an Omega - 7 powerhouse unmatched in its nutrient profile.Packed with over 190 bioactive compounds, it thrives in the extreme alpine environment of theHimalayan Highlands to provide you with unmatched health and beauty benefits.

Bisphenol A (BPA) has been a hot topic in wellness conversations over the past few years because it poses a large problem to our health - and it seems to be everywhere in our environment.

Ann Louise Gittleman is an award - winning New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books on health and nutrition including diet, detox, women's health, men's health, perimenopause, menopause, beauty and the environment.

Much like hitting a reset button on a computer when there is a glich... this first phase gives us a chance to start over in creating the gut environment that is most conducive to good health.

Andrew Weil's Environmental Working Group consists of a team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers who pore over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and their own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions.

Get a copy of Forks Over Knives book, Forks Over Knives Kindle Edition, Forks Over Knives DVD, or Forks Over Knives Cookbook for more information on why plant - based diets are better for your health, animals, and the environment, and for recipes.