Sentences with phrase «lives than it harmed»

Those opposed to this legislation typically argue that DDT saved more lives than it harmed, but there is another reason to be wary of the vilification of DDT.

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But in the modern world, where most risks we take aren't life - threatening, that overactive imagination can do more harm than good.

This planet, the level of harm and exploitation, the fact that the suffering of other creatures is needed for carnivores (many humans) to live tells me that those consciousnesses are not any more interested in answering the prayers of humans than the symbiotic bacteria that help us get by in our bodies.

At that point, before a new life has truly formed, if the mother KNOWS that bringing a child into the world in her current situation will do more harm than good, why should she not have the choice?

Don't you think harming children for life is a little more serious than Nouns being too involved with social justice!!?? Behaviors like these continue to make the Catholic Church look bad.

I'm for g.ay marriage, because I don't see any harm coming from it, and I think some people are better off divorcing than living miserable lives together, but I'm not for anything else on your list (adultery, lying, cheating, stealing).

Oh and on the note of Gay and obesity, the Obese need to sort their live out as they do far more harm to our planet than Gays (how are as they are - so accpet it.).

Drones are no different from our many other forms of raining indiscriminate death — other than they save the lives of servicepeople who would otherwise be in harm's way.

Bob Jones — founder of the college Graham first attended declared that Graham had done «more harm to the cause of Jesus Christ than any living man.»

Truth is people like Obama have done more harm to Islam than any other living being with their methods and ideology.

Osama Bin Laden has done more harm to Islam than any other living being.

Do you realize, no matter how well meaning it is, and I don't doubt for one minute that your heart isn't right concerning the desire to have people clean their lives up, that unless you have the training and the discernment to do this... particularly concerning sexual sin... you will do more harm than good.

When is this man going to learn the world he lives in now is different than in 1997, that he's harming his legacy, that he's causing dismay among the supporters.

Although she coined the term birth rape (birth interventions done against the woman's wishes), I don't believe she would put her child in harm's way rather than accept a potentially life - saving intervention.

It is time that we recognize the harm caused by the mercy rule, and advocate for change by teaching athletes to learn from defeat rather than hide from it, to understand that losing is neither shameful nor embarrassing, to embrace competition of all levels, and to value the positive life lessons gained through all of youth sports.

Traumatic events which are caused by a close family member and result in physical harm or a major disruption in a child's life circumstances will have a worse effect on the victim than trauma inflicted by a stranger or non-human event.

The two high school friends reunited in 2010 with the common goal to redefine screentime: to create media for kids that would benefit (rather than harm them) and help promote lessons that lay the social - emotional foundation essential for a happy, healthy life.

Whether children are bullied or not, they absorb a huge amount of artificial information about their peers in school, which may actually cause more harm than good in adult life.

But since in real life hospitals do everything possible to avoid harming babies we might have to accept that they have a motive other than profit.

Non-helicopter parents tend to judge women who spend time at the playground with their kids instead of on the sidelines, and women who «hover» over their kids and engage in all aspects of their lives day in and day out are sometimes said to be causing them more harm than good.

Her bill would create protections which are inclusive, applying to all torture survivors; preventive, rather than waiting for harm to occur; and effective, by introducing new measures to ensure the Home Office lives up to its promises.

Study co-author Linda - Gail Bekker, MD, PhD — Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and current President of the International AIDS Society — says, «Whether the yardstick is mortality, life expectancy or new transmissions, these reductions would almost certainly produce proportionally greater harm than savings — do more human harm than economic good.»

Stray microbes from Earth could potentially harm not just Martian life, but also resources that human settlers may eventually want, such as aquifers, says John Rummel, who served as NASA's planetary protection officer for more than a decade.

Traditional chemicals that disperse oil spills can harm marine life more than the oil itself.

Some seafood choices are more ocean - friendly than others, based on factors such as whether a species is abundant and whether it is fished or farmed in ways that harm other marine life.

Flies living with their brothers cause less harm to females during courting than those living with unrelated flies, say Oxford University scientists.

The Oxford University study found that flies living with their brothers cause less harm to females during courting and mating than those living with unrelated flies.

Previous studies led by the University have shown that more than 700 species of marine life have been found to have encountered plastic debris, with clear evidence that ingestion and entanglement causes direct harm to many individuals.

Because of the Center's successful state - listing petition, the Shasta pack and any other wolves that disperse to California are now fully protected under state law, and harming, harassing or killing a wolf in California for any reason other than in defense of human life is illegal.

Turns out that just like many other aspects of life that we take for granted (like mobile phones, fast food, and bottled water), our shoes can often do more harm than good.

Worse than that, it'll do your training life immense harm if you take much of it too seriously.

Unfortunately, «gassing out» when your life (or someone else) is on the line will cause you more harm than just a disappointing workout in the gym or ring would.

Frozen, canned, refined or processed foods should be avoided since it is lacking vital life - energy and will do more harm than good to your body.

These trials caused no harm, discomfort or suffering to the mice — in fact, the mice receiving the antioxidants lived longer, healthier lives than the control mice.

If you live in a polluted city, it might do more harm than good, because running increases the respiration rate....

For diabetics you speculate that they are doing more harm than good with this way of living and eating.

When you choose not to fill out your profile thoroughly, you could be doing more harm than good for your digital love life.

Director Joseph Kosinski («Tron: Legacy,» «Oblivion») and writers Ken Nolan («Black Hawk Down») and Eric Warren Singer («American Hustle») set up characters we think we know, from Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), the tough - but - fair superintendent who always seems to know more about fires than everyone around him; to Amanda (Jennifer Connelly), Eric's veterinarian wife who rescues horses and frets about her husband's safety while he's putting himself in harm's way; to Brendan (Miles Teller), a drug - using screw - up who tries to get his life together when a recent fling results in his becoming a dad.

If we reach the point of death better off than we were at birth, a sounder, kinder person who can look back on their life with true pleasure and know that one has done more good than harm and that one has created happiness for many, then we can truly die in peace.

In a new article for Education Next, Diane Schanzenbach, an education professor at Northwestern University, and Stephanie Larson, director of Rose Hall Montessori School in Wilmette, Illinois, weigh the evidence and conclude that postponing a student's entrance into kindergarten does more harm than good both academically and socially and that where there are academic advantages, they are short - lived.

Statistically, more American children suffer long - term life - harm from the process of learning to read than from parental abuse, accidents, and all other childhood diseases and disorders combined.

The reality is that the large number of students that can not read are damaged throughout life far more than the harm that might arise from possibly being unfairly branded.

I think Kai was a toxic person & I think she would've done more harm than good had she been part of Paula's life after she was released from prison.

You will learn what is most important in life and things such as your health and welfare will take precedence over electronic gadgets that are more likely than not harming your health in one way or another.

A serious illness or injury can harm more than your health — it can have an impact on your ability to work and meet your family's living expenses.

American Humane Association is challenging 1 million people to take the Kindness 100 Pledge online at www.Kindness100.org to protect and better the lives of animals in four distinct areas, including 10 billion farm animals by seeking out humanely raised foods, the 6 - 8 million animals abandoned each year by adopting from a shelter, the more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain, educate and charm us in film and television each year by looking for the «No Animals Were Harmed ®» end - credit, and the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by taking their children to accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation centers.

American Humane is asking animal advocates to pledge to do four simple things to better the lives of animals: buy humanely raised foods with the American Humane Certified ™ seal to support farm animals; adopt one of the more than 6 million animals abandoned to animal shelters each year; watch movies and shows that contain the «No Animals Were Harmed ®» end credit supporting more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain and educate us each year; and visit Humane Certified ™ zoos, aquariums, and conservation centers caring for the many endangered and disappearing species of the world.

I recall more than one pet owner surrendering their pet to the shelter because a neighbor in a gang had threatened to do harm against their pet and or the entire family, thus they felt that the shelter was the only option for the pet to possibly find a better life, away from violence.

In everyday life a «firm hand «can do more harm than good.

Scott McCartney, Travel Editor for The Wall Street Journal, will report on whether commercially scheduled airlines really need life vests — and how they can potentially do more harm than good.