Sentences with phrase «number of scientists concerned»

His view accords with that of a growing number of scientists concerned about the pursuit of «intensely political» areas of science, such as the debate over climate change, amid fears that views contrary to government policy were unwelcome.

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The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a non-profit based in Massachusetts, has identified a number of potential risks posed by such crops, ranging from introducing new allergens to the food supply to increasing antibiotic resistance in humans and animals.

There are a number of scientists who have serious concerns about the validity of Darwinian evolution but are afraid to come out of the closet because of the bullying in the scientific community.

Another question concerned a new NIH policy to boost the fortunes of young scientists by capping the number of grants held by an individual investigator.

In 1969, when the AAAS Board first suggested creating a special committee to draw up a statement concerning the freedom and responsibilities of scientists, association leaders, along with a number of other scientific societies, were looking into allegations that the Public Health Service was rejecting the appointment of scientists to study sections based upon the candidates» political views and affiliations.

His concerns about the 1991 paper are shared by a number of leading climate scientists.

But then, about 2.5 years ago, she had breakfast with Kirschner at Harvard, and he mentioned his own concern about the increasingly fierce competition for grants and jobs arising from the rapidly growing numbers of scientists chasing a limited supply of funds.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has organized a letter, signed by Nobel prize — winning physicist Leon Lederman, urging President Obama to aggressively cut the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal.

It has been noted that women tend to find physician - scientist careers less attractive than men do for a number of reasons: They (1) are concerned that it will be impossible to combine a successful medical research career with childbearing and family life; (2) feel that they have to be better than their male counterparts to be considered equal; (3) receive little encouragement to become physician - scientists; and (4) lack compelling role models.

Vonderheide is concerned that, as medical school debt reduces the number of M.D.s in the pool of physician - scientists, MSTP and other M.D. - Ph.

Chen cites grant applications as another cause for concern, stating that too many resources go to a small number of good scientists.

This concern was echoed 10 years later by Healy, 2 before she became the director of NIH, as well as by many others.3 - 12 Between 1983 and 1998, the number of physician - scientists nationwide decreased by 22 %.13

Altered sperm, a change in testicular color, a dramatic increase in the number of miscarriages, and fewer and smaller babies born to animals have scientists and doctors concerned about the presence of GE foods in most American's diets.

Finally, its clear that there were concerns, perhaps quite strong, in the minds of a number of scientists of the time.

So if a number is just being used to very broadly explain why a scientist is «concerned» about X, and nothing more, then a rough order of magnitude puts that to bed.

I've been greatly concerned about this for quite some time, as public statements made by other scientists suggested that our work would really get to the bottom of a number of questions.

«I was invited about a year or so ago to New York to speak to the staff of the New York Attorney General's office mostly about the work we did in Merchants of Doubt... And I also participated a few weeks ago in a meeting in Boston with some colleagues from the Union of Concerned Scientists, which also involved the staff of attorneys general offices from a number of states who came to listen to again factual presentations about climate science, history of climate disinformation,» she told Rep. Paul Tonko, D - N.Y., at the hearing.

For example, a number of leading wind companies and other industry players are partners in the American Wind Wildlife Institute, which the Union of Concerned Scientists helped launch in 2008.

The number of governments, private corporations, organizations, scientists and technologies concerned with meeting the challenge of climate change and global warming have increased beyond expectations in the past decade and continues to create an army of «green fighters,» like Green Peace, but the impact on large numbers of people have not reached a critical mass to reverse the present warming trends.

May sully the reputations of a number of working scientists leads to a story on Examiner.com New York by a writer named Thomas Fuller, who refuses to go into detail because the e-mails are private and would almost certainly «prove embarrassing to those concerned, especially if... published in snippets and without context.»

The Union of Concerned Scientists supports continued federal incentives for research for a limited number of full - scale integrated CCS demonstration projects, alongside private sector efforts.

«While progress was made on a number of negotiating issues during this first week of the climate talks here, much of the conversation since has focused on the implications of a Trump presidency,» said Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The number of hives lost to Colony Collapse Disorder, a phenomenon of disappearing bees that has raised concerns among farmers and scientists for a decade, was 84,430 in this year's first quarter, down 27 percent from a year earlier.

There is now hope that the combined efforts of activists, scientists and the growing number of concerned consumers will start to pay off — and that the EPA will finally take action to help save the bees and restore our ecosystem's precious balance.

[1], [2] Rucker's strong belief in the «power of the market combined with the applications of safe technologies,» to «offer humanity practical solutions to many of the world's pressing concerns,» resulted in «a number of leading scientists, academics, and policy leaders» joining Rucker in his CFACT efforts, according to CFACT's «About» page.

80) A substantial number of the panel of 2,500 climate scientists on the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change, which created a statement on scientific unanimity on climate change and man - made global warming, were found to have serious concerns.

This includes enhanced access to government information, restoring relevance to Question Period, electoral reform, and an end to the «first past the post» voting system, the unmuzzling of government scientists, return of the long form census, an equal number of men and women in Cabinet, and the formation of a Youth Advisory Counsel so that young people can provide advice to the PM on issues that concern them.