Sentences with phrase «impact on human health due»

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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 group of scientists have called for the Obama Administration to place a moratorium on infamous mountain top mining due to «growing scientific evidence» of severe environmental degradation and serious impacts on human health, including cancer.

Due to the emerging nature of the issue and literature, there are many gaps in knowledge on the impacts climate change will have on human health.

The impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on human health include the effects of air pollution on increased respiratory disease, the spread of vector - borne illnesses like cholera, malaria, and dengue fever due to changing weather patterns, and compromised agricultural production and food security leading to greater malnutrition.

(01/07/2010) A group of scientists have called for the Obama Administration to place a moratorium on infamous mountain top mining due to «growing scientific evidence» of severe environmental degradation and serious impacts on human health, including cancer.

Criteria Description Fish Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to fish (both saltwater and freshwater) Daphnia Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to Daphnia (invertebrate aquatic organisms) Algae Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to aquatic plants Persistence / Biodegradation Rate of degradation for a substance in the environment (air, soil, or water) Bioaccumulation Potential for a substance to accumulate in fatty tissue and magnify up the food chain Climatic relevance Measure of the impact a substance has on the climate (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, etc.) Other Any additional characteristic (e.g., soil organism toxicity, WGK water classification, etc.) relevant to the overall evaluation but not included in the previous criteria 1.3.3 Material Class Criteria The following material classes are flagged due to the concern that at some point in their life cycle they may have negative impacts on human and environmental health.