Sentences with phrase «more people at risk»

The high capacity of trains put more people at risk during an accident.
The 2009 EPA endangerment findings took into account the public health implications of a warming climate caused by an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which include more deaths from heat - related illnesses, more serious (and potentially fatal) respiratory illnesses, and more people at risk from catastrophic flooding.
That would place 2 billion more people at risk of water shortages, and hundreds of millions more will face hunger, the report says.
Climate change will act as a hunger risk multiplier exacerbating current vulnerabilities, with one study projecting up to 20 % more people at risk of hunger.
Listing new challenges facing the humanitarian community, this technical document emphasizes that «climate change, population growth, rapid and unplanned urbanization, and food and water insecurity are leaving more and more people at risk of crisis.»
Warming of 3 C (5.4 F) would put many millions more people at risk of coastal flooding and lead to the loss of about 250,000 square km of wetlands and drylands.
That puts 150 million more people at risk of developing protein deficiency by 2050.
«We know climate change is creating more days of extreme heat, putting more people at risk for death in the coming decades,» says first author Elisaveta P. Petkova, project director at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Earth Institute.
We're going to fill wetlands to make it more habitable for people, and that's going to put more people at risk,» he added.
Three million people get cholera every year, in Asia, Africa and Haiti, and increasing urbanisation and temperatures will put more people at risk.
Studies show that rice, wheat and other staple crops could lose protein and minerals, putting more people at risk of hunger worldwide.
Studies show that rice, wheat and other staples could lose proteins and minerals, putting more people at risk of hunger worldwide.

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As soon as personal and professional browsing habits co-mingle on a device that is used at both work and home, «you're more than doubling the risk [of a security breach], because traditionally what people are browsing on their personal time is usually more susceptible to infection than work destinations,» says Stroz Friedberg co-founder and executive chairman Eric Friedberg.
Eventually, the technology could help providers identify more individuals who are at risk of developing cardiovascular conditions — cardiovascular disease not only affects over 100 million people in the US, it is also the costliest disease in the nation, with associated costs reaching $ 555 billion in 2016, according to American Heart Association.
The first analysis looked at 148 studies involving more than 300,000 people and found that people with social connections had a 50 % lower risk of dying early compared to people who did not have strong social circles.
«Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.»
Instead, people who fall into this category place less value on personal relationships, and are more likely to advance their own interests (read: pay and promotion) even at the risk of upsetting social harmony.
Recently, Thomas Oberlechner, a founding partner and chief science officer at AltX, gave the example of how human - computer collaboration can enable investment decisions that are more closely aligned with people's decision style, investment preference, risk tolerance, crisis vulnerability, financial values, etc..
«There is no entity in the world that is more risk averse than a senior marketing person,» says Larry Chiagouris, a marketing professor at Pace University in New York.
More than half the world's people are at risk of malaria infection.
Other questions genotype analysis could answer include whether a given athlete is at elevated risk for tendon ruptures or cartilage tears, whether her muscles require more or less recovery time than the norm, and why certain diets work for some people and not others.
Studies show more than 400 mg per day can put a person at risk of adverse effects.
As a result I find that people who can actually start a new business at this time are better capitalized, understand risk more, and as a result of having more capital are better able to withstand the batterings of the economy.
What's more, by protecting rich people who harass or abuse others, NDAs can put countless ordinary people at risk — you'll never find out your new boss is a harasser if all his victims are prohibited from talking about it.
John Mauldin: The author of Thoughts from The Frontline who has dedicated more than 30 years of his life to keeping people informed about risk, John has written at length about the fragmentation of society and the changing nature of employment.
And the results are reportedly already more accurate than the reports Facebook gets from people flagged by their friends as at - risk.
One hypothesis is that people in industries which generate a bigger «paper trail» — because they use more intermediate goods as inputs, for example — are at greater risk of being caught and therefore evade tax less.
And I warned at a number of junctures in 1999 before the Internet bubble, and again in the winter of 2007, that the main thing we had to fear was the lack of fear itself, precisely because a sense that everything is stable is a self - denying prophecy, because if there is a sense that everything is stable, -LSB-...] people will take on more risk and that will then create the conditions for future instability.
As such the persons property can become even more at risk if they can't make the payments due to the increased mortgage.
Creating more confusion around corporate tax increases, a PC press release from April 9 stated «Prentice pointed out that more than 95 % in Alberta are small businesses, employing fewer than 50 people, and questioned those who would put those jobs at risk with a corporate tax increase.»
The People's Bank of China has been selling US dollar reserves at an alarming rate to maintain an orderly devaluation, and there is a more - than - trivial risk that it loses control should pressures continue to intensify.
So we now enter times where we have to gird ourselves for fighting more openly for the people's hearts and minds with respect to the Constitution, even at greater apparent risk to it.
More people are at risk of starvation than ever before in modern history: 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia,...
Eric Leenders, managing director, personal finance at trade body UK Finance, said the report shows «how more unstable incomes and the rising cost of living have widened the net in terms of people who may be at risk».
So a nice religious person is actually more at risk to commit violence in the name of «good» religion than a non-believing nice person.
The technique trains people in a series of graduated steps, each requiring more assertiveness than the one before, to speak up or to do things for themselves even at the risk of disapproval from others.
But, agreeing with Jeremy, not everyone can afford this risk, because safety is just so critical in some cases, and some people are too fragile at the moment to endure more hurt.
In our congregation there are many people who tend to say «yes» to everything, so we're probably more at risk for burnout and overcommitment than we are for laziness.
or more of garlic powder every day may reduce aortic stiffness as people age, while separate studies at the State University of New York at Albany have found that people who eat garlic exhibit a lower incidence of stomach cancer, have longer blood clotting times, and lower blood lipid levels (a factor associated with reduced risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease)....
people who are at risk for the condition need to be that much more aware than the average person about their sugars and how it affects them.
After all, the company was founded in response to academic research proving that even small cash rewards triple the effectiveness of weight - loss programs; that people are more effective at losing weight when their own money is at risk; and that social dynamics play a large role in the spread of obesity, and will likely play a large role in reversing obesity.
Both metaphorically and actually, when we teach a people to swim, we give them the chance to handle risks and make their way through hazards without someone more experienced shielding them at every turn.
Once babies can reach out and grab objects and start having contact with more people, they can be at increased risk for contagious illnesses, especially if they're in childcare or have older siblings.
Babies are at increased risk of death if they co-sleep with more persons than their parents (eg other siblings) 29 or with a pet.30 Co-sleeping with a sibling raises the risk.31 Babies should not co-sleep if anyone other than the parents is in the bed.
These sorts of infections mainly affect people with weakened immune systems, especially those with HIV, who are more at risk of being harmed by germs that are normally harmless.
A person with an insecure attachment is more susceptible to stress and less healthy relationships, and is more at risk for serious mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, addictions, and eating disorders.
Even people who have only had a mild reaction in the past are at risk of a more serious future reaction.»
However, saying «don't do it» and ignoring the realities of why people do it is incredibly dangerous and puts more babies at risk when people take chances or fall asleep nursing on the sofa which is even more dangerous.
People with Type 2 diabetes who have trouble sleeping are more at risk of eye disease, foot problems and amputation according to two new studies.
«The governor boasts about giving law enforcement the tools they need to make more arrests, but says nothing about providing people at risk of overdose the tools they need to survive,» said Daniel Raymond, of the Harm Reduction Coalition.
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