Sentences with phrase «human health and the environment as»

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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Public Services, a superfund site is «any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environment.&Health and Public Services, a superfund site is «any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environment.&health and / or the environment.»

The Food and Drug Administration and major scientific and health organizations such as the American Medical Association, National Academy of Sciences and World Health Organization all have found GMOs are safe for humans and positive for the envirohealth organizations such as the American Medical Association, National Academy of Sciences and World Health Organization all have found GMOs are safe for humans and positive for the enviroHealth Organization all have found GMOs are safe for humans and positive for the environment.

«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.

Recent meetings have discussed work on environmental issues of national significance such as threatened species protection, improving the environment for human health, and climate change.

Single - use items, such as plastic straws, create untold harm to the environment and human health.

The agency in a statement said the cleanup along the river north of Albany is «working as designed» and is «expected to accomplish its long - term goal» of protecting both human health and the environment.

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.

Unseen by the human eye, plants interact with many species of fungi and other microbes in the surrounding environment, and these exchanges can impact the plant's health and tolerance to stressors such as drought or disease, as well as the global carbon cycle.

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 reshealth 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 resHealth and Safety Center, said in an emailed response.

These cooperative projects include basic research projects, as well as more applied efforts, agriculture, human health, and the environment.

Dr Sorichetta comments: «It's crucial we understand human mobility, so we can quantify the effect it has on our societies and the environment and provide strong evidence to support the development of policies to address issues, such as public health problems.»

Additional animal testing on such a scale would be very time consuming, highly expensive, and politically very unpopular, especially given increasing doubts as to whether the data gathered could be used effectively in increasing protection of human health and the environment.

Their impact ranges from upsetting native ecosystems, to damaging the physical environment and even threatening human and animal health; hence the cost to agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as the expense of control and eradication programmes.

In more favourable environments, it was best for animals to mount an immune response and return to health as quickly as possible (Evolution and Human Behavior, doi.org/h8p).

Corbin covers the use and regulation of chemicals as well as their impacts on human health and the environment.

They also tried to get samples from countries that have had human MERS cases, such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, says Marion Koopmans, an infectious disease researcher at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands and one of the authors of the paper.

«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.»

In this article, the term refers to the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a brownfield site intended for redevelopment.

Lately, as envirogenomics has taken off, scientists have begun to test for genetic markers in humans who are most heavily exposed to pollutants, an effort that got a huge boost in 2006 when Congress approved the $ 40 million Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative, a program administered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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.

Today, scientific monitoring of toxins and pollutants ensures the positive development of Germany's white - tailed sea eagle population, it also benefits the environment as a whole, including human health.

They point out that poor semen quality «is the leading cause of unsuccessful attempts to achieve pregnancy and one of the most common medical problems among young men... it has been suggested as an important marker of male health, predicting both morbidity and mortality... it is sensitive to environmental exposures, including endocrine disrupting chemicals, heat and life - style factors, such as diet... Therefore, it can provide a sensitive marker of the impacts of modern environment on human health.»

Working with governments, academia and industry across sectors such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, environment, bioenergy, mining and human health, the goal of the organization is to generate social and economic benefits for British Columbia and Canada.

«There is no question that plant scientists have a tremendous potential to help address — and possibly alleviate — some of society's most pressing concerns, such as food production, human health, protection of the environment, and renewable energy,» said HHMI President Robert Tjian.

October 28, 2015 — A consortium of 48 scientists from 50 institutions in the United States has called for an ambitious research effort to understand and harness microbiomes — the communities of microorganisms that inhabit ecosystems as varied as the human gut and the ocean, to improve human health, agriculture, bioenergy, and the environment.

There is no question that plant scientists have a tremendous potential to help address — and possibly alleviate — some of society's most pressing concerns, such as food production, human health, protection of the environment, and renewable energy.

In addition, the results of the current study can serve as a foundational dataset and resource for future investigations to understand interactions among microbial communities, particularly those important to human health and the environment.

As an environmental engineer, she studies how contaminants move through the environment and affect human health.

ISB serves as the ultimate environment where scientific collaboration stretches across disciplines and across academic and industrial organizations, where our researchers have the intellectual freedom to challenge the status quo, and where grand visions for breakthroughs in human health inspire a collective drive to achieve the seemingly impossible.

In the early 1970s, the tragic health impacts of diethylstilbestrol (DES), an estrogen - based drug that was thought to prevent miscarriage, introduced the possibility of hormone disruption as a threat to human health and development that sparked intensive study of estrogens in the environment.

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.

The board and membership of the Weston A. Price Foundation stand united in the belief that modern technology should be harnessed as a servant to the wise and nurturing traditions of our ancestors rather than used as a force destructive to the environment and human health; and that science and knowledge can validate those traditions.

The Foundation supports raising animals on pasture as much of the year as possible, and opposes confinement operations, feedlots, debeaking, growth hormones, routine antibiotics in feed, inappropriate feed such as soy, and other practices that harm animals» health and well - being, harm the environment, and result in animal foods that are not optimally nutritious for humans.

The board and membership of the Weston A. Price Foundation stand united in the belief that modern technology should be harnessed as a servant to the wise and nurturing traditions of our ancestors rather than used as a force that is destructive to the environment and human health; and that science and knowledge can validate those traditions.

«In the spring the qualities of heavy, dense, damp and cool are in the environment, and because of seasonal effects, we as humans start to accumulate some of those same qualities in our bodies, especially after the wintertime when we've been eating warm, heavier foods that mitigate the cold and dry qualities of winter,» explains Erin Casperson, an Ayurveda Health Counselor and Yoga Journal LIVE!

In part, our natural instinct to simplify risk or benefit does us a disservice as the relationship between humans and their extensive microbiome is co-dependent on the external environment, the state of the human health, immune plasticity, age, diet, geography, income and other factors.

The board, staff and membership of the Weston A. Price Foundation stand united in the belief that modern technology should be harnessed as a servant to the wise and nurturing traditions of our ancestors rather than used as a force destructive to the environment and human health; and that science and knowledge can validate those traditions.

For example: Starting with the «trees» — trees providing shade, protection (wind, rain, sun), cooling environment, soil health, oxygen, resources such as timber / fibre / woodchips / fuel for humans and shade / homes / food for animals.

When and if organic growers make the case for using a synthetic substance, such as pheromones to prevent crop infestation by insects, it must be «approved according to criteria that examine its effects on human health and the environment,» according to the USDA.

But through the years, she's become as well known for her advocacy for the environment, health issues, and human and animal rights.

The record numbers of stranded marine mammals we've seen in recent years indicates there is an urgent need for more science to help us all better understand how large - scale human impacts, such as climate change, overfishing and pollution, may be affecting the health of these animals and their ocean environment.

What we do know is that the record numbers of stranded marine mammals we've seen all year indicate there is an urgent need for more science to help us all better understand what's going on off the coast of California and how large - scale human impacts, such as overfishing and pollution, may be affecting the health of these animals and their ocean environment as well.

As defined by the EPA, a Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environmenAs defined by the EPA, a Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environmenas a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environment.

Highlights of the textile production partnership include: water that leaves the mill is cleaner than the drinking water that enters it; excess fabric clippings are used as mulch by farmers in the surrounding area; and dyes pass the most rigorous tests for human health and the environment.

The EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding has identified carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant carrying significant risks to human health and the environment.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (March 22, 2016)-- As the next step in their global alliance to accelerate the integration of human health and wellness in the built environment, Delos ™, the pioneer of Wellness Real Estate ™, and Lendlease, one of the world's leading integrated infrastructure and real estate groups, today announced their collaboration to advance the WELL Core & Shell Certification and pre-Certification programs as a pathway to WELL ready workplaces for building tenantAs the next step in their global alliance to accelerate the integration of human health and wellness in the built environment, Delos ™, the pioneer of Wellness Real Estate ™, and Lendlease, one of the world's leading integrated infrastructure and real estate groups, today announced their collaboration to advance the WELL Core & Shell Certification and pre-Certification programs as a pathway to WELL ready workplaces for building tenantas a pathway to WELL ready workplaces for building tenants.

The WELL AP credential signifies knowledge in human health and wellness in the built environment, and specialization in the principles, practices and applications of WELL CBRE employees will serve as the world's largest network of WELL APs, providing clients with professional qualified support to realize the potential positive health impacts of WELL Certification.

In examining human - environment interactions as well as human health - environment questions, scientists often uncover scientifically sound reasons for significant concern but for practical or theoretical reasons can not prove cause and effect.

As heatwaves impacted human health and our built environment, unequalled marine heatwaves impacted coastal ecosystems.

There are other issues that are important to a lot of people and their numbers are increasing as they learn about the other issues: health for humans and animals, job creation, protection of the environment, balance of trade deficit due to imports of oil, preservation of natural resources that have better uses than just being burned, energy independence, global warming, the prestige that early adopters enjoy and the good feeling some people get from knowing that they have made a decision that is good in some way.