Sentences with phrase «on protecting public health»

Toxicologists, for example, says Worley, often work for regulatory agencies, focusing on protecting public health with clean water.

Not exact matches

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.

«We can ensure the public that we will deliver on the promise to better protect public health and the environment.»

«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.

It is also true that we must work hard to ensure that the laws which govern our own system protect the public health and welfare and provide aid for those who can not make it on their own.

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.

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.

LCGB in collaboration with Safely Fed Canada, are pleased to announce a training day on 4th December in Islington, North London, for commissioners and frontline workers from Public Health, Local Resilience Forums, emergency planners, infant feeding leads, health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the Developed Health, Local Resilience Forums, emergency planners, infant feeding leads, health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the Developed health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the Developed World.

LCGB in collaboration with Safely Fed Canada, are pleased to announce a training day on 4th December in Islington, North London, for commissioners and frontline workers from Public Health, Local Resilience Forums, emergency planners, infant feeding leads, health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the... ReaHealth, Local Resilience Forums, emergency planners, infant feeding leads, health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the... Reahealth visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the... Read More

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.

We are ready to move forward, provided any final agreement between Democrats is based on the legislative agenda that we put forth on May 22, which includes: the Reproductive Health Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive CoveragHealth Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coveraghealth care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act.

«The federal government should provide actionable guidance on best practices for removing 1,4 - dioxane from drinking water, invest in cutting - edge treatment technologies, and set a MCL to protect public health.»

We also protected the public's health by passing a local law regulating e-cigarettes, thereby expanding on the work of our predecessors who passed the County's Clean Air Act two decades ago.

Another example of our success in building on the past is how we are protecting Public Health: Through the creation of the anti-opioid task force, Erie County is leading the way in developing a community - wide response to the scourge of opioid addiction.

Public health threats, weather emergencies, environmental issues, protecting children from physical or mental abuse, creating a more inclusive community: all require county government to be involved and at the forefront in working on solutions.

Pramilla has pledged to focus her attention on several major issues in the 42nd district: protecting our environment, transforming our energy infrastructure to renewable energy, transitioning our economy to support «green» job creation, education, public health, safety and welfare.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

Schriock also called Kaplan, a town official elected in 2011, «a dedicated public servant focused on expanding economic opportunities for women and families, and protecting women's access to health care.»

Cuomo announced that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

At 1 p.m., environmental activists call for action on unchecked carbon pollution from power plants to protect public health, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«Health Department officials confirm that the species of mosquito found to be infected with EEE generally feeds on birds, but prudence dictates we take every precaution to protect the public's health and safety when dealing with the potentially serious threat this disease poses to livestock and humans,» PicenteHealth Department officials confirm that the species of mosquito found to be infected with EEE generally feeds on birds, but prudence dictates we take every precaution to protect the public's health and safety when dealing with the potentially serious threat this disease poses to livestock and humans,» Picentehealth and safety when dealing with the potentially serious threat this disease poses to livestock and humans,» Picente said.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — On Monday, November 25, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz will join Research!America and leading U.S. health organizations to recognize public health professionals who work around the clock to protect the health of all Americans.

Hudson Valley Delegation Public Hearing Reply Form March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Please respond by Friday, February 26th: E-mail to: [email protected] Or fax to: [phone] I would like to testify at the hearing on March 5th (The committee will accommodate as many witnesses as possible.)

As residents of Ulster County, we rely on county government to maintain critical county infrastructure, such as roads and bridges as well as protect public health and safety.

He introduced and enacted legislation on a wide range of issues including expanding job opportunities for public housing residents; protecting the City's affordable housing stock; improving mental health resources for the LGBT community, and establishing work standards for industrial laundromats.

The Republican resolution, sponsored by Legislator Michael Anagnostakis, calls on Orange County to urge the state Department of Environmental Conservation to review a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision concerning the Millennium natural gas pipeline and consider all legal options to protect public health and the environment.

While there is no silver bullet to our nation's energy needs, these short - term solutions help advance our collective efforts to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, protect public health and protect our environment.

In 1976, the AAAS Board and Council jointly created a permanent Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to develop policies and procedures to protect scientists, engineers and health care professionals against infringements of scientific freedom and responsibility, to monitor policies and actions taken by governments that might affect their professional rights and duties, and to promote attention to scientific freedom and responsibility within AAAS, its affiliated societies, and the general public.

A special receptor on cells that line the sinuses, throat and lungs evolved to protect mammals from developing a range of allergies and asthma, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Public health efforts to prevent epidemics of infectious diseases typically rely on herd immunity: The more people in a community are vaccinated or otherwise protected from a disease, the less likely it is to be transmitted throughout the population.

The AAAS Dialogue Group offers this Statement as a contribution to the on - going public debate in the hope of protecting Americans from discriminatory practices in health insurance based on the use of genetic information produced by predictive testing.

Our agencies need that new talent to draw on in years to come to protect our nation's public health, safety and environment.

«Health care and public health professionals now have a limited window of opportunity to engage policymakers about protecting Dreamers through legislative action, with an emphasis on the potentially dire mental health consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» VenkataramaniHealth care and public health professionals now have a limited window of opportunity to engage policymakers about protecting Dreamers through legislative action, with an emphasis on the potentially dire mental health consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» Venkataramanihealth professionals now have a limited window of opportunity to engage policymakers about protecting Dreamers through legislative action, with an emphasis on the potentially dire mental health consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» Venkataramanihealth consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» Venkataramani said.

With this segregated approach and so many things on their radars, a culture has developed that seems to be geared more toward meeting regulations and standards than toward protecting public health.

«Today is World Sight Day and Brien Holden Vision Institute is calling on the world — from governments and health agencies, to civil society, parents and schools — to protect the eye health of every child and adult and meet this major public health challenge of our time,» said Professor Kovin Naidoo, Acting CEO, Brien Holden Vision Institute.

There is however a case for such bans — it rests on the duty of government acting in the name of public health to restrict smoking in order to protect smokers themselves.

That would be a significant hurdle for an agency that often relies on data that is proprietary or must remain confidential to protect the privacy of participants in public - health studies.

McCarthy added, «We'll see what this administration proposes, but I think there's good reason to think that a narrow reading of the statute is just not sufficient from sort of meeting the obligation under the Clean Air Act, which is to continue to protect public health to the extent that the statute calls on.

The constraints imposed on FDA [US Food and Drug Administration] with regard to ensuring the absence of unreasonable risk associated with the use of dietary supplements make it difficult for the health of the American public to be adequately protected.»

It conducts interdisciplinary, peer - reviewed studies related to air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from root causes in the energy demands to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on public health, to policies to protect air quality and limit climate change.

Members of the Pulitzer Prize - winning team from InsideClimate News, together with the Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel, reveal that as oil and gas booms in Texas, legislators and regulators are more intent on protecting the industry than residents who fear for their health from the air they breathe.

A group of 18 doctors, researchers and public health experts jointly urged the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to take action on energy drinks to protect adolescents and children from the possible risks of consuming high amounts of caffeine.

«Our actions are driven by our duty to protect the public health and our careful analysis of the data and the emerging science,» Susan Mayne, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said in a statement on the proposed limit.

It is HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's intent to protect and promote students» health by permitting advertising and marketing for only those foods and beverages that are permitted to be sold on the school campus, consistent with this LWP.

By including a snapshot of each school's finances, USC's report also provides a useful temperature check on the fiscal health of the movement, and demonstrates quite dramatically how charters are uniquely poised to weather the economic storm gripping the nation and public education in California, and how charters are prioritizing and protecting the classroom from the worst cuts.»

The report's recommendations include: a limit on the number of times a sire can be used for breeding; health screening should be made a legal requirement for dogs selected for breeding; the title of Champion should not be given unless a dog has been health screened; the word «pedigree» should be linked to a high standard of breeding for health and welfare; an independent advisory body should be set up to advise the Kennel Club and breed clubs; a puppy sale contract should be introduced to protect consumers; DEFRA should take forward a campaign for public awareness.

An employee in this position will provide program direction, subject matter expertise, and consultation on veterinary public health epidemiology and preventative medicine in order to protect the public from exposure to zoonotic and vector - borne diseases.

The aim to promote and protect the health of the population, and improve health services by maintaining professional and educational standards, advocating on key public health issues, and providing practical information and guidance for public health professionals.

But the public overwhelmingly supports curbs on power plant carbon pollution to protect public health and our climate, and that's true even in the states challenging the Plan.

The American Lung Association supports continued research to identify the impacts on lung health and to identify improved pollution control measures to protect public health and safety, particularly the health and safety of workers and communities affected by these activities.