Sentences with phrase «on human risk»

The video, featuring the science writer Joe Hanson, explores a vital body of empirical studies on human risk misperception, showing how a rational view of long - term or diffuse threats is obscured by «status quo bias,» our «finite pool of worry,» our tendency to value tribal connections over reality through what researchers call «cultural cognition,» and other characteristics of what I call our «inconvenient mind.»

The paper was a result of combined efforts of the joint Working Group on Human Risk Perception and Climate Change at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the National Socio - Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) at the University of Maryland.

With a new focus on human risks, the March 2015 release of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) brings a broadly improved, wide - ranging analysis to the international global warming round - table.

Not exact matches

Studies have found that the additive increases risk of certain types of cancer in mice and the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies byproduct 4 - Mel as «possibly carcinogenic to humans.»

In a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, Hang's team noted that human babies and toddlers are at greater risk because they come into contact with contaminated surfaces while crawling on carpets and sleeping on smoke - infused bedding.

The bigger risk is stymying our chances of ever discovering whether life existed on Mars before human beings and their grubby microbiomes get there.

Robbins goes into more detail on index funds in his book «Unshakeable,» in which he explains that funds eliminate the human error — and therefore the risk — that is inherent in picking stocks individually.

Finance groups focus on cost - cutting, risk - averse lawyers make the company impossible to do business with, and human resources casts judgment on employees.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

«And on top of that, human beings tend to discount small but important risks when it seems advantageous in the short - run.»

She has served on the board since 2001, and has been a member of the Audit, Risk and Human Resources Committees.

But while it might seem like open season on humans in North Carolina, the risk of an attack remains remarkably low.

The Enterprise Compensation Committee discharges the board of directors» responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executives and directors; reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and performs other reviews and analyses and makes additional disclosures as required of compensation committees by the rules of the SEC or applicable exchange listing requirements; provides general oversight of our compensation structure, including our equity compensation plans and benefits programs, and confirms that these plans and programs do not encourage risk taking that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Hewlett Packard Enterprise; reviews and provides guidance on our human resources programs; and retains and approves the retention terms of the Enterprise Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensation experts.

With interest rates still hovering near the lowest levels they've ever been in 5,000 + years of recorded human history, it's very difficult to achieve a significant investment return without taking on substantial risk.

We believe that if the law on collective worship were repealed schools would risk losing this vital element of shaping a community that reflects the full breadth of human experience.

It is customary and even ethically mandatory that experimentation that carries with it a substantial degree of risk to human subjects first be tested in an animal laboratory or, at the very least, on a computer model.

But when we miss out on trying new things and taking risks, we're missing out on what it looks like to live fully alive as humans made in the image of God.

On the other hand the Church can not in all cases leave the individual human being to seek the answer on his own account and at his own risOn the other hand the Church can not in all cases leave the individual human being to seek the answer on his own account and at his own rison his own account and at his own risk.

My position, which I commend for your consideration, is as follows: While I do not rule out the morality of research into human cloning, I do support a moratorium on such research, which would be removed in light of strong evidence for the positive benefits of such research and after concrete proposals have been formulated for avoiding the potential risks.

Why then should we insist on speaking of the human mission of «completing, through our work the work finished on the sixth day, as if God had created nature in such a way as to leave to humanity the margin, the risk, and the honor of this artifice?

The risk is higher on the human side.

A general summary was provided by ethics experts who testified before then - Congressman Albert Gore's Committee on Science and Technology in 1982: (1) Though risks in experimentation are inevitable, a strong bias toward the sacredness of human life requires the highest regard for the patient or subject.

How they empower women: For more than ten years, Sudara has advocated on behalf of and empowered women who have escaped from, or at the highest risk of, human trafficking by providing dignified employment opportunities.

The passage most picked up in news reports is this: «We urge those Catholic officials who choose to depart from Church teaching on the inviolability of human life in their public life to consider the consequences for their own spiritual well being, as well as the scandal they risk by leading others into serious sin....

Who human beings are is determined by what they trust, by what — when push comes to shove — they are willing to risk their lives on.

(See Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans.)

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».

Rockström went on to say, «Increased human pressure threatens the natural resources that humanity depends upon, increasing the risk of water and food insecurity and competition over natural resources.»

Paul teaches us much about what moral reflection and teaching is, and about what a human moral agent is, avoiding a narrow legalism or a concentration on natural law that each ignore the need for grace and so run the risk of being closer to Pelagian ethics than to Catholic moral theology.

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...

What about that «flawed» science that The Cornucopia Institute depended on when exposing concerns that food - grade carrageenan poses human health risks as an inflammatory agent and possible carcinogen?

The Lodi Rules ™ Program certifies sustainable management of the ecosystem, soils, water, business practices, human resources, and pest control with an emphasis on reducing pesticide risk to farm workers, consumers, small aquatic invertebrates, birds, and bees.

Disease control authorities said Friday that there was a risk of cow - to - human transmission if a consumer drinks unsterilized milk, but that there was no cause for concern because all milk on the market must be sterilized.

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 provitamin A.

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Although a considerable body of scientific evidence substantiates the positive correlation between curcumin consumption and a reduction in the risk of cancer, the paucity of suitably designed human clinical trials that clearly demonstrate any direct effect of curcumin on cancer markers may prevent Health Canada from approving a cancer risk reduction claim for curcumin within the current regulatory framework.

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.

During the offseason, Isaacson said, the next step will be training people within each organization — player engagement directors, human resources directors and security directors — who are on the front lines and can identify warning signs or risk factors for cases of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The second infection that's also been on the rise is Syphilis, particularly amongst populations that are at higher risk to contract Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV, such as young men who have sex with men or injection drug using adolescence.

Some of these risks include the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human T - cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV - 1) or other viruses on the pump parts that were exposed to the previous mother's breastmilk.

As a clinical expert in the management of breastfeeding and human lactation, the IBCLC is trained to counsel mothers and families on initiation, exclusivity, and duration of breastfeeding, and to assist amidst any difficul ¬ ties or high - risk situations.

This risk is overlooked when considering safe outcomes for birth based on birth site, which is an incredible oversight considering the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» has recently concluded that 9.5 % of all deaths each year in the U.S. stems from a medical error.

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».

However, as with all outbreaks HNBANA continually monitors the latest research on potential risks in order to maintain a safe supply of donor human milk.

In order to reduce the risk of the hatchling turtles becoming habituated to humans, our biologists keep handling to an absolute minimum and the turtles that are on exhibit at the Museum are behind one - way glass.

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.

He basically says when studies in breastfeeding mothers have demonstrated that there is significant and documented risk to the infant based on human experience, or it is a medication that has a high risk of causing significant damage to an infant.

Just as research has shown that smoking has a serious negative effect on health and the world's health organizations now strongly recommend against it, not breastfeeding has been shown to have definite health risks and consequences, and breastfeeding is now clearly understood to be the normal way to feed a human baby.

The pregnancy section would outline any known risks a given drug may pose to a fetus, while the lactation section would list any known details about «the drug's impact on milk production, what is known about the presence of the drug in human milk, and the effects on the breast - fed child.»

The study was the first of its kind to compare the risk of developing NEC and requiring NEC surgery among premature infants on an exclusively human milk diet versus those fed preterm infant formula derived from cow's milk (http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Human-Donor-Milk-Lower-Risk-for-Premature-Babies.aspx).