Sentences with phrase «human health and the environment»

The environment minister went on to say that «independent scientific studies» were needed to determine long - term impact on human health and the environment.

In that, these new tech increased production, made production faster at the expense of human health and the environment.

The increased demand on our nation's water supply is threatening human health and the environment.

The potential danger to human health and the environment represented by the existing substances is unknown, hence the new policy.

We remove and stabilize ground and water contaminants to protect human health and the environment, as well as sampling for known and unexpected contaminants.

I'll be discussing a whole - food, plant - based diet and its benefits on human health and the environment.

Without that information or long - term use studies, consumers have limited information about the potential dangers for human health and the environment, he said.

But giving full and vocal support to strong EPA regulatory intervention to protect human health and the environment from mountaintop removal coal mining must be one additional measure for holding Obama accountable on this pledge.

Within months, the Sierra Club [led by Michael Blume, left photo] launched its «Beyond Natural Gas» campaign that claims: «Increasing reliance on natural gas displaces the market for clean energy and harms human health and the environment in places where production occurs.»

The review concludes that the $ 1.7 billion, six - year cleanup of the Superfund site is working, and will accomplish its long - term goal of protecting human health and the environment when complete.

The EPA transition and beachhead teams, which helped shape the EPA's early agenda under the Trump administration, also featuredseveral climate change deniers, including Steven Milloy, who refers to the EPA's finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and the environment as «the original climate sin.»

West Coast Environmental Law welcomes this review, which has the potential to improve legal protection for human health and the environment by addressing a major approach to deregulation that has been implemented in BC over the... [more]

In the Philippines, multi-location field trials for a genetically modified (GM) crop like Golden Rice is only permitted after the DA - BPI reviews the plans and establishes that there will be no significant risks to human health and the environment posed by the test.

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.

The Exxon Mobil Corporation is being investigated by multiple state attorneys general (AGs) concerned that the company intentionally misled its shareholders regarding scientifically - established risks associated with climate change impacts — risks that not only endanger human health and the environment,... Continue reading →

Pollution from the coal life cycle harms human health and the environment.

In a recent research study with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon, I analyzed how human health and the environment would be affected if all coal - fired power plants in the United States switched to natural gas - an extension of a trend that is already underway.

An EPA review this summer found, based on data so far, the cleanup will protect human health and the environment long term and no more dredging is needed, although it could take 55 years or more before fish are clean enough to eat once a week.

These predictions, he says, are essential to manufacturing in global chemical, cosmetic and personal care industries impacted by REACH, a European regulatory guideline that aims to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and earlier identification of the properties of chemical substances.

«It should be regulated to prevent harm to human health and the environment overseas — and right here in this country.»

The future of microbiome research will be understanding the full suite of functions that microbes perform, how they influence each other and their environment, and how this power can be harnessed to improve human health and the environment.

Turning these blighted properties into productive parcels and reducing threats to human health and the environment means jobs and an investment in our land, our communities and our people.

The materials in our gadgets are harmful to human health and the environment if left to leach into the earth at a landfill and we could be saving a staggering amount of energy by recycling our e-waste.

Answer me this question: what good could have been done for human health and the environment with the $ 100 BILLION the U.S. govt.

Moore's ruling denied a motion by Intervenors Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) and Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) that sought to have the NRC's 1997 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Hydro Resources, Inc.'s (HRI) Crownpoint Uranium Project supplemented to assess impacts of HRI's proposed Church Rock ISL mines on human health and the environment of Springstead Estates.

REACH is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by toxic chemical use.

Further, the widespread use of antibiotics to keep livestock healthy on those overcrowded CAFOs has led to the development of antibiotic - resistant strains of bacteria that threaten human health and the environment in their own right.

«Until this remedy can be credibly found to be protective of human health and the environment, EPA must do more to reevalute the effectiveness of this remedy and require additional actions to restore the health of this important ecosystem.»

Both D4 and D5 are «safe for human health and the environment when used as intended,» Karluss Thomas, senior director of the American Chemistry Council's Silicones Environmental, Health and Safety Center, said in an emailed response.

According to the agency, EPA adds sites to the NLP list when mismanagement of contamination threatens human health and the environment.

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility has long opposed nuclear power — it says small modular reactors bring the same threats to human health and the environment as those posed by larger - scale nuclear plants, including radioactive waste from spent nuclear fuel.

The EPA — seemingly defying both common sense and safety concerns — recently issued an analysis concluding that the risks to human health and the environment posed by oil refinery emissions were low enough to warrant no further regulations.

protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting from modifications of the ozone layer

Our research underscores the importance of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the first global treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from this element's adverse effects.

West Coast Environmental Law welcomes this review, which has the potential to improve legal protection for human health and the environment by addressing a major approach to deregulation that has been implemented in BC over the past 15 years.

Dr. Rick Smith, an advisor working with Loblaw, says there's increasing scientific evidence around the world that indicate these ingredients could be harmful to human health and the environment.

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.»

The institute runs a website that promotes the «life - enhancing value of chemicals» while sowing doubt about «fear - mongering» scientific studies that show risks to human health and the environment from pesticides and other products.

«From the start, the Golden Rice has been beset with issues and problems such as its relevance, and its safety to human health and environment,» said Cris Panerio, MASIPAG National Coordinator.