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.
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.
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.»
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 ris
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 ris
on 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).