Sentences with phrase «of risks to human health»

The framing of ocean impacts in terms of risks to human health appeared to depoliticize perceptions.

Widespread use of 2,4 - D carries a range of risks to human health, animals, and the environment, the groups allege.

Indeed, many scientists would argue that recent research results tend to suggest that the public are right to be sceptical, both in terms of risks to human health, and increasing problems for farmers growing GM crops.

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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Public Services, a superfund site is «any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environment.&Health and Public Services, a superfund site is «any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environment.&health and / or the environment.»

Beginning in 2003, the Division of Corporate Finance too often has issued no - action letters omitting shareholder proposals that ask management to undertake a risk assessment or review the financial implications of an array of environmental, community, public health and human rights concerns and issues.

Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.

Social development has already made a contribution to the economic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources».

Experimental procedures can be licit if they «respect the life and integrity of the embryo and do not involve disproportionate risks for it, but rather are directed to its healing, the improvement of its condition of health, or its individual survival»; but the mere «use of human embryos or fetuses as an object of experimentation» is «a crime against their dignity as human beings.»

The jury may be out still on whether trace amounts of the popular herbicide glyphosate pose health risks to humans, but industry insiders predict mounting consumer fear about the possibility will pressure more food and beverage manufacturers in 2018 to...

Some of the marketing material highlighted in Lion's cross claim includes: «A2 will improve human health through the consumption of a2 dairy milk products», «studies suggest that milk containing only the A2 type of protein may benefit you and your family if you're concerned with certain allergies, immune function or digestive wellbeing» and «there is significant evidence to suggest that beta casein A1 may be a primary risk factor for heart disease in adult men and also be involved in the progression of insulin dependent diabetes in children... Beta casein A1... is the most powerful risk factor ever discovered.»

In addition, all Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environment.

The field trials were permitted by the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology research and development, after establishing that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and environment.

In its notice of decision dated March 16, 2018, Health Canada declared that «changes made in this rice variety did not pose a greater risk to human health than rice varieties currently available on the Canadian market», further noting that «GR2E would have no impact on allergies, and that there were no differences in the nutritional value of GR2E compared to other traditional rice varieties available for consumption except for increased levels of provitaHealth Canada declared that «changes made in this rice variety did not pose a greater risk to human health than rice varieties currently available on the Canadian market», further noting that «GR2E would have no impact on allergies, and that there were no differences in the nutritional value of GR2E compared to other traditional rice varieties available for consumption except for increased levels of provitahealth than rice varieties currently available on the Canadian market», further noting that «GR2E would have no impact on allergies, and that there were no differences in the nutritional value of GR2E compared to other traditional rice varieties available for consumption except for increased levels of provitamin A.

The volume or mass of a waste does not indicate its risk to human health or the environment.

Meanwhile, the Foodex Engage Lounge, in partnership with Teknomek, will host more than 30 sessions over three days on issues such as how to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination; hygiene strategies to manage the «human factor»; how plastic is enhancing hygienic routines; and balancing occupational health with hygiene.

Indeed, in February, SI posed three basic questions about the nature of 7 - footers (population size, factors responsible for height, and health risks) to the membership of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society.

Caustic soda has been approved for textile manufacturing by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), and when handled and disposed of appropriately, this product should not pose health risks to humans.

I used birth data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to compare percentages of people with low - risk pregnancies who have a cesarean after a prior cesarean in Muskegon and surrounding counties.

Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

According to The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, keeping your child up to date on their immunizations can reduce their risk of SIDS by 50 percent.

While implying that formula is a preferable alternative to shared human milk, Health Canada fails to inform mothers that the risk of contamination by lethal and dangerous bacteria may exist in all powdered infant formula currently marketed in Canada.

Mass Audubon generally opposes most nuisance control practices, including spraying of pesticides to kill adult mosquitoes when there is a relatively low risk of mosquito - borne disease, because of the human health risks of pesticide exposures, harmful environmental effects, and unproven effectiveness of these activities.

Evidence - Based Model Crosswalk to Benchmarks: Model Alignment With Benchmark (PDF - 641 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Health Resources and Services Administration (2011) Describes the Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), and how the act responds, through evidence - based home visiting programs, to diverse needs of children and families in at - risk communities through collaboration at the Federal, State, and community levels.

Best practices make better parenting classes According to «Parent Education to Strengthen Families and Reduce the Risk of Maltreatment,» a 2013 publication of the US Department of Health and Human Services,

Epidemiologic research shows that human milk and breastfeeding of infants provide advantages with regard to general health, growth, and development, while significantly decreasing risk for a large number of acute and chronic diseases.

Culminating months of controversy and scientific debate, Wednesday's decision by the 12 advisers of the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction — part of the National Institutes of Health — is the first official, government action related to the plastics chemical.

According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), breast milk can lead to a lower risk of asthma, childhood leukemia, obesity, ear infections, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and respiratory infections.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, eating a balanced diet, along with physical activity, will help you fight obesity, reduce your risk of chronic disease, and improve your overall hHealth and Human Services, eating a balanced diet, along with physical activity, will help you fight obesity, reduce your risk of chronic disease, and improve your overall healthhealth.

«All of these evaluations support the conclusion that bisphenol - A is not a risk to human health at the extremely low levels to which consumers might be exposed,» the group said.

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The health risks associated with formula feeding for premature infants include increased incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, 5 delayed brainstem maturation, 6 decreased scoring on cognitive and developmental tests,7 - 10 and decreased visual development.11, 12 Thus, human - milk feeding of premature infants is desirable, and effective strategies to increase breastfeeding rates in this population are needed.

New Rochelle, NY, January 8, 2018 — In response to the increasing informal sharing of human milk, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) has published guidelines to minimize the risk of this practice while enhancing the health benefits.

According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, placing your baby to sleep on her stomach raises the risk of SIDS substantially, perhaps as much as 20 %.

In 1992, in response to epidemiologic reports from Europe and Australia, the AAP recommended that infants be placed for sleep in a nonprone position as a strategy for reducing the risk of SIDS.9 The «Back to Sleep» campaign was initiated in 1994 under the leadership of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as a joint effort of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the AAP, the SIDS Alliance (now First Candle), and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.10 The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development began conducting national surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommendation.

According to Dr Karen Sokal - Gutierrez, clinical professor, community health and human development, University of California Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program, SIDS risk is lowered with babies spending more tummy time when they are awake.

For the people of Hoosick Falls who are trying to make sense of what the high levels of PFOA in the bloodstream means, the fact sheet doesn't convey the weight of the health risks detailed in published studies, said Laurel Schaider, an environmental chemist and public health researcher at the Silent Springs Institute, which studies the links between environmental contamination and human health.

The public health experts all pointed in particular to one section on cancer risks which states that there is «no conclusive evidence that PFOA causes cancer in humans» while focusing on the inconclusive nature of scientific studies surrounding the cancer - linked chemical.

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A 2014 report to the UK Council for Science and Technology, for instance, concluded that «it is not appropriate to have a regulatory framework that is based on the premise that GM crops are more hazardous than crop varieties produced by conventional plant breeding», citing two decades of extensive studies that have not revealed significant risks to human, animal or environmental health.

Bats In Your Home The New York State Department of Health and the Oneida County Health Department are urging residents to avoid the risk of rabies and rabies treatment by capturing and submitting for testing any bat found in their home that may have had contact with humans or their pets.

In September 2012, after years of study, Martens and the Department of Environmental Conservation formally asked the state Department of Health to review the human health risks of fracking, leading to further dHealth to review the human health risks of fracking, leading to further dhealth risks of fracking, leading to further delays.

That's going to have a significant impact on human health, by reducing risk for many types of diseases and by promoting wellness.»

Both the KUDOS (Kansas DHA Outcome Study), directed by Carlson and Colombo, and the DOMinO (DHA to Optimize Mother Infant Outcome) study directed by Maria Makrides, professor of human nutrition and Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children theme leader for the South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, and Robert Gibson, professor of functional food science at the University of Adelaide, saw a small overall increase in gestation length, but this increase was found to be related to a decrease in deliveries at higher risk for early preterm birth.

The variable indirect cost rates would be replaced with a uniform rate of 10 % of total research costs for all NIH grants to reduce paperwork and «the risk for fraud and abuse,» states a budget document for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

«Numerous organisations have recognised that use of antibiotics in agriculture poses risks to human health,» says Avinash Kar, a San Francisco - based lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, which initiated legal action last year to try to force the FDA to phase out the growth promoters.

Professor Heiner Boeing, also from the German Institute of Human Nutrition, added, «In addition to the many noted benefits for cardiovascular health, and risk of lung disease and cancer, it is clear that dental health is yet another reason not to take up smoking, or to quit smoking now.»

However, Professor Holmes was also quick to emphasise that these fish viruses do not pose a risk to human health and should be viewed as a natural part of virus biodiversity.

As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to leave office, a commentary by a leading bioethicist analyzes his controversial public health policies and concludes that he is an urban innovator who created a new paradigm of public health, «reaching beyond infectious diseases to upstream risk factors in everyday life and the human habitat.»

The U.K.'s Health Protection Agency is mounting an urgent assessment of possible risks to humans.

«We considered the greater ramifications of this risk on various human health outcomes, and came to the alarming realization that the impact of these exposures on maternal and fetal health is essentially unknown,» he continued.