Sentences with phrase «in terms of human health»

We have to pause here and take stock and take the time to think this through as a society... or we could end up with thousands of giant industrial wind turbines over great swaths of prime agricultural land and beautiful countryside and we don't know enough about what this could mean in terms of human health, agricultural land health, animal health, water table health, wildlife health, property value health, property tax health and so on.

Further, in terms of human health, some claim it is the safest...

«In terms of human health, the report estimates $ 74.6 billion a year in public health burdens in Appalachian communities, with a majority of the impact resulting from increased healthcare costs, injury and death.

These prices do not include the cost of a backup for wind and solar require, or the costs in terms of human health or rising GHG emissions from fossil fuels.

In terms of human health, the report estimates $ 74.6 billion a year in public health burdens in Appalachian communities, with a majority of the impact resulting from increased healthcare costs, injury and death.

I mean, it really helped us to figure that DDT was a problem for one, and pesticides in general were an issue that we need to think about in terms of human health and people are, you know, becoming increasingly aware even today of that issue.

However, the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), passed by Congress in 1990, requires nonorganic inputs to be vetted to a higher level of assurance in terms of human health and environmental impacts.

Not exact matches

Mona Siddiqui, chief data officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commented that in tackling the issue the government was still struggling to get various agencies (mostly their lawyers)-- FDA, CMS, CDC — to unify around definitions of basic terms like «research.»

In fact, 70 percent of people turning 65 years old can expect to need some type of long - term care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

In fact, 7 in 10 Americans over 65 will need long - term care at some point, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServiceIn fact, 7 in 10 Americans over 65 will need long - term care at some point, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicein 10 Americans over 65 will need long - term care at some point, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Considering that 70 percent of people turning 65 will need some form of long - term care in retirement, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, you will need at least $ 100,000 a year to cover your costs, says Armstrong.

Around 70 percent of people over age 65 will need long - term care at some point in their lives, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

However, the term «sustainability» is used especially in reference to how human actions affect the health of the natural environment.

This subject must be presented only in terms of chastity, health and the truth about human sexuality in its relationship to the family as taught by the Church.»

If we view economic development in terms of its contribution to the health and well being of human communities and natural ecosystems, we will not seek increased production as such as the good in itself.

Publicly formulated guidelines from Health and Human Services, the Office for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research, the World Health Organization and World Scientific and Technological Associations should stringently guide all technical endeavor — especially when there is a temptation to act solely in terms of the profit factor.

On the contrary, it is fundamentally important to human health and well - being, and the long - term sustainability of ecosystems; and as such demands priority recognition in our political, economic and legal systems.

This is what scholar John McMmurtry terms «the life - blind structure of the neoclassical paradigm»: the exclusion as a matter of definition of considerations such as human health and well - being, and eco-system integrity, that are actually fundamental to our continued survival as a species, let alone our civilisation in its current form.

Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

Previous studies of the effect of breastfeeding on morbidity among full - term infants have not always accounted for selection bias that may result if infants who are breastfed are inherently healthier than bottle - fed infants.22 In the current study, the VLBW infants» ability to breastfeed did not reflect better health status as both human milk and infant formula were provided via gavage feeding especially during early enteral feedings.

The latest policy statement, «Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk,» published in 2012, reinforces the idea that «Given the documented short - and long - term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding, infant nutrition should be considered a public health issue and not only a lifestyle choice.»

This sets the standard for the term Natural and stipulates: * Product must be made up of at least 95 percent truly natural ingredients or ingredients that are derived from natural sources * No ingredients with any potential suspected human health risks * No processes that significantly or adversely alter the purity / effect of the natural ingredients * Ingredients that come from a purposeful, renewable / plentiful source found in nature (flora, fauna, mineral) * Processes that are minimal and don't use synthetic / harsh chemicals or otherwise dilute purity * Non-natural ingredients only when viable natural alternative ingredient are unavailable and only when there are absolutely no suspected potential human health risks

Meier authored a law requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Federal Medicaid waiver to create a pilot program to offer less costly, more appropriate care to Medicaid patients in need of long - term care.

Indeed, many scientists would argue that recent research results tend to suggest that the public are right to be sceptical, both in terms of risks to human health, and increasing problems for farmers growing GM crops.

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

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.

«The question that the five - year review asks is «do we still think the cleanup decision we made in 2002 will provide long - term protection of human health and the environment?»

Both in terms of expertise and influence, scientists, engineers and health professionals have much to contribute to efforts to promote and protect human rights.

«Acute repeated spikes in blood sugar that you see with each dose of this drug have long - term impacts — and can predispose patients to the development of insulin - resistance Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,» said David Wright, associate professor in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences and corresponding author of the paper.

That comes first in terms of protecting human health and human lives, then we can address the research side.

As the press release states, «[t] he consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable.»

One of the primary goals of genetics over the past decade has been to understand human health and disease in terms of differences in DNA from person to person.

«My focus was on human parasites, but through my training I became more interested in parasites that infect animals because those parasites can have a tremendous impact on humans in terms of their livelihoods being dependent on the health of their animals,» Zajac says.

Not many Americans are working in India long - term, says Altaf Lal, the Health Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, who also represents the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in South Asia.

«Speed reductions, which are known to reduce emissions, would need to be maintained over a very long - term period in order to produce regional air quality benefits,» said James Corbett, a professor of marine policy at the University of Delaware, who has studied the impact of the shipping industry on human health.

«Of course, the long - term exposure to these levels of PCBs could lead to adverse effects to human health; however, a detailed toxicological study is needed in order to determine the effects.&raquOf course, the long - term exposure to these levels of PCBs could lead to adverse effects to human health; however, a detailed toxicological study is needed in order to determine the effects.&raquof PCBs could lead to adverse effects to human health; however, a detailed toxicological study is needed in order to determine the effects.»

Two teams have independently discovered that a single regulatory protein acts as the master genetic switch that triggers the development of male and female sexual forms (termed gametocytes) of the malaria parasite, solving a long - standing mystery in parasite biology with important implications for human health.

Given the obvious concerns for human ecological health — in terms of climate change, heavy metal toxification, indoor air quality, air pollution, plastics in the oceans, and things like that — there will be a large - scale trend to buildings that start to act like organisms.

«Despite the likely massive immediate and long - term mental health implications of the current conflict in Yemen, the issue has largely been neglected by both domestic authorities and the international community,» said Professor Sarah Knuckey, the director of the Human Rights Clinic.

«Gestational weight gain greater than the IOM recommendations has long - term implications for weight - related health,» said Elizabeth Widen, PhD, RD, postdoctoral fellow at the New York Obesity Research Center in the Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, and Institute of Human Nutrition.

Published today, Tuesday 26 July 2016, it shows that at between seven to nine years of age (60 to 70 in human years) these cloned sheep were showing no long - term detrimental health effects.

«The introduction of mitochondria into damaged cells has beneficial effects on the health of cells and, in the long term, we believe that mesenchymal stem cells could even be engineered to create more effective therapies for lung disease in humans.»

Instead of using humans — who, admittedly, expect salaries, paid leave, and health insurance — to evaluate applications and decide which candidates possess or can quickly learn needed skills, companies entrust these tasks to computer algorithms, which are cheaper in the short term but lack any ability to judge what resumes and applications indicate about applicants» abilities.

«Although the work presented here has yet to be replicated in humans, we believe it provides good reason to investigate this relationship further in light of the simple and potentially powerful impact that seasonal flu vaccination could have on long - term brain health.»

«By being able to characterise more of these species, I think we're gaining more ground in terms of beneficial organisms on the human body and how we can use them to benefit our health,» says Karen Nelson, team leader at one of the project's four main sequencing centres, the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland.

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.

Robin: Well, that human angle that you're talking about in terms of health care delivery and then the web, the connections among various parts of the system and people's social worlds was reflected in the session that I wanted to talk about, also at Association of Healthcare Journalists.

Given high rates of international trade in wild meat and human movement, this could easily have important short - term global health consequences [68].

By learning how natural populations, such as fishes, adapt and evolve under selective pressures, we can learn how these pressures affect humans in terms of health and disease.»

Long - term, I hope to address such questions in a way that both improves human health and advances our fundamental understanding of evolution.