Sentences with phrase «of protecting public health»

NPMA proudly serves our 6,000 company members and their employees and works daily to further their collective mission of protecting public health, food and property from the diseases and dangers of pests.

«Either model could achieve the goals of protecting public health and safety, reducing the illicit market and controlling youth access» (page 34 of the report).

For the most part, the EPA has been able to avoid partisan politics and focus on its core mission of protecting public health and the environment, says EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, speaking mid-November at a National Press Club luncheon.

The public overwhelmingly - 70 % - wants EPA's scientists to be allowed to do their jobs of protecting public health.

But because the Pine Barrens are near suburban communities, fires have been «suppressed regularly in the interest of protecting public health and safety,» he said.

Contrary to your organization's reporting, the articles (one discussing Hong Kong's laws and the other discussing the laws of the Philippines) clearly set forth the general presumption incorporated within the World Trade Organization Sanitary and Phytosanitary («SPS»), Technical Barriers to Trade («TBT») and Trade - Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights («TRIPS») Agreements, which clearly recognize that states possess and maintain the sovereign right to regulate for the purpose of protecting public health and the environment.

Instead of protecting public health and asking the tough questions, the FDA — now peopled with industry people — is hiding behind whatever watered down laws are still in effect.

In the early 1960s, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the importance of developing international food standards for the purposes of protecting public health and minimizing disruption of international food trade.

Landmarking a building for its historic or cultural value stretches the police power beyond its traditional limits of protecting public health and safety, and then stretches it still further.

But when that agenda means reneging on the EPA's core mission of protecting public health to serve corporate interests, it falls way outside any electoral mandate.

Not exact matches

The reports, along with earlier research show that current limits for mobile phone radiation, «remain acceptable for protecting the public health,» Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in an emailed stathealth,» Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in an emailed statHealth, said in an emailed statement.

Having served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, we recognize each new Administration's right to pursue different policies within the parameters of existing law and to ask Congress to change the laws that protect public health and the environment as it sees fit.

By contrast, there is little or no evidence of Mr. Pruitt taking initiative to protect and advance public health and environmental protection in his state.

Still, public health officials say the possibility of infection warrants preventive measures, and some Olympic athletes attending are taking some creative — some might even say extreme — steps to protect themselves.

«While San Francisco policymakers pursue common sense regulation of standup electronic scooters to enhance the public benefit of this new shared mobility technology and to reduce potential harm to the public, state legislators seek to eliminate elements of the Vehicle Code that exist to protect the health and safety of members of the public including users of standup electric scooters,» Peskin wrote in his resolution.

Money transmitter licenses, which are required for California MSBs (money services businesses), protect consumers by preventing money laundering in addition to maintaining public confidence in financial institutions and preserving the health, safety, and general welfare of the public.

«As well, ISDS puts a serious chill on the ability of governments at all levels to enact legislation and public policies that protect the health and well - being of citizens or promote sustainable development.

All of a sudden, the government is being accused of being too ideological for protecting Alberta's public health care system.

Adrienne Silnicki is the National Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), a non-profit organization that works to protect, improve and expand public health care in CHealth Coalition (CHC), a non-profit organization that works to protect, improve and expand public health care in Chealth care in Canada.

«A provincial data strategy will ensure that Ontarians own and control their data so that it can become an engine of prosperity for the province of Ontario as well as a tool that protects our privacy, public safety, democracy and public health.

Ultimately, we are promoting a more sustainable fashion system to improve the environment and, crucially — which comes hand - inhand with this — protecting the public health of millions of people.

The purpose of all these interventions is almost always noble - sounding - to protect the public health, to assist children, the old, or the handicapped or some other underprivileged group, to safeguard entitlements, to watch over the expenditure of taxpayers» money, and so on and so forth.

As a communicable disease, certain legislative measures are in place to protect public health and roommates will be screened and informed of the possible risk.

If a substantial share of the religious organizations in our country would undertake an enthusiastic and realistic program of prevention, America's fourth largest public health problem could be brought under control and hundreds of thousands of persons would be protected from becoming alcoholics.

Food Standards Agency The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.

State departments of health are concerned with maintaining and protecting public health.

In a radical revamp of its risk assessment process, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) could publish confidential data if deemed essential to protecting public health, according to draft rules aimed at boosting transparency and trust in science.

The movement to protect public breast - feeding, which began in the mid-1980s in New York, has gathered steam as research has shown the value of breast milk to a baby's mental and physical health.

He is currently a board member of EWG, whose mission is to protect our nation's public health and the environment.

But that is the unambiguous message of a controversial government public health campaign encouraging new mothers to breast - feed for six months to protect their babies from colds, flu, ear infections, diarrhea and even obesity...

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

The fast food industry saw that some communities did want to protect their collective public health, so they've now bought conservative politicians in some areas to create legislation to stop the people of the community creating laws to protect themselves.

No zoning ordinance or by - law shall prohibit or unreasonably regulate the installation of solar energy systems or the building of structures that facilitate the collection of solar energy, except where necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare.

Mass Audubon supports a scientifically based mosquito - borne disease management program to protect public health while minimizing environmental and public health risks associated with some forms of mosquito control.

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Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)- Part III - Chapter 11 - Breastfeeding Nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for the term infant during the first six months of life (2002) Geneva, World Health Organization Full text [pdf 278kb] The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 Full text [pdf 1.06 Mb] Report of the expert consultation of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding Report of an expert consultation Geneva, World Health Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001 Full text [pdf 122kb] The WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health coHealth Organization Full text [pdf 278kb] The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 Full text [pdf 1.06 Mb] Report of the expert consultation of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding Report of an expert consultation Geneva, World Health Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001 Full text [pdf 122kb] The WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health coHealth Organization, 2001 Full text [pdf 1.06 Mb] Report of the expert consultation of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding Report of an expert consultation Geneva, World Health Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001 Full text [pdf 122kb] The WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health coHealth Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001 Full text [pdf 122kb] The WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health coHealth, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health cProtect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health coHealth Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health cprotect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health cohealth context.

The Shelby County Breastfeeding Coalition is here to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding in Memphis, TN and Shelby County through the assistance of the medical profession, the public health system, and the community.

More and more evidence points to the importance of breastfeeding on a cultural, public health, psychosocial, ecological and economic level, and the need to support, protect and promote it in all aspects of healthcare and society, as well as asserting breastfeeding as a human right for both babies and women.

Breast feeding is clearly an issue for public health consideration as it provides significant protection against infections in newborns and infants.12 Because breast feeding has been shown to protect against infections so profoundly in developing countries, it is estimated that an increase in breast feeding worldwide by 40 % would reduce deaths from respiratory infection by 50 % in children less than 18 months of age.3

The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) was adopted at the 34th World Health Assembly in 1981 to protect the public from inappropriate marketing strategies, but has been weakly implemented, enforced, and monitored by countries [2].

We won't stop until the agency that protects us all is spared the recklessness of those that put polluter - friendly policies ahead of public health,» said Environmental Advocates of New York Executive Director Peter Iwanowicz.

«This is a really proud moment for every one of them because protecting public health triumphed over industry pressure.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright today announced the passage of legislation designed to safeguard the environment and protect public health in commemoration of Earth Day 2017.

These states assert that they «have a vital interest in protecting the First Amendment rights of public employees, and in the fiscal health of state and local governments.»

«INCB looks forward to maintaining an ongoing dialogue with all countries, including those where such misguided initiatives are being pursued, with a view to ensuring the full implementation of the convention and protecting public health.»

IAS is a registered charity (number 1112671) aiming to educate, preserve and protect the good health of the public by:

Scott's executive order requires the state health officer to «take any action necessary to protect public health» and allows the commissioner of agriculture to issue a «mosquito declaration» in the affected counties to reduce populations of the insects that can spread the disease.

«When you look at all the public health impacts and environmental conditions that were systematically ignored there is only one conclusion, that there were other motivations and incentives at play,» said Pramilla Malick of Protect Orange County, a local organization that has been opposing the project for several years.

The New York State Caucus of Environmental Legislators is billed as a «non-partisan» forum to consider measures aimed at protecting both the environment and public health.