Sentences with phrase «lost economic productivity»

According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute's annual survey of the cost and reach of regulations, federal regulation and intervention cost American consumers and businesses an estimated $ 1.88 trillion in 2014 in lost economic productivity and higher prices.

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FiBL's research team works together with farmers to develop innovative and cost - effective solutions to boost agricultural productivity while never losing sight of environmental, health and socio - economic impacts.

BP Eric Adams called on the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) to conduct an «economic impact analysis» on recent outages to study the loss «economic productivity of hundreds of thousands of workers» and its impact on local businesses and lost taxes.

«Disparities in colorectal cancer death rates take a large economic toll: Preventable deaths account for $ 6.4 billion in lost productivity.»

The researchers point out that their calculations did not include the health and economic harms caused by second hand smoke or smokeless forms of tobacco, and that their estimates of lost productivity applied only to those who were economically active.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service calculates the cost of foodborne illnesses just from bacterial infection to be at least $ 6.7 billion, counting medical care, premature deaths and lost productivity.

Researchers behind the study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that preterm births associated with particulate matter — a type of pollutant — led to more than $ 4 billion in economic costs in 2010 due to medical care and lost productivity that results from disability.

If a city that is the economic engine of a state can not find support for its chosen path to clearing its streets of traffic estimated to cause billions of dollars in lost productivity, that doesn't bode well for a world with astonishingly variegated nations trying to find a common path to limit climate risks without harming economies.

Economic gains could be lost as productivity wanes and massive health bills come due.

«These dangerous pollutants can worsen asthma and other respiratory diseases; cause heart attacks, cancers and stroke; and exact an enormous economic toll in terms of health - related costs and lost productivity.

Annual smoking - attributable economic costs in the United States exceed $ 289 billion a year, including costs for direct medical care and lost productivity.

Children who do not complete high school, for example, are more likely to become teenage parents, to be unemployed, and to be incarcerated, all of which exact heavy social and economic costs.5 A growing body of research shows that child poverty is associated with neuroendocrine dysregulation that may alter brain function and may contribute to the development of chronic cardiovascular, immune, and psychiatric disorders.6 The economic cost of child poverty to society can be estimated by anticipating future lost productivity and increased social expenditure.

Long - term tobacco use following pregnancy also results in poorer maternal health, which an extensive body of research shows is intricately linked with economic trends, educational opportunities, and productivity.56 Women's lower wages, unemployment, and lost productivity resulting from these risk factors add up to high costs that home visiting can help alleviate.57 With 42 percent of mothers in the United States being breadwinners, home visiting programs are critically important to support not only their health but also their and their families» economic well - being.58