Sentences with phrase «posed by the environment»

Children innocence makes them to be very vulnerable to the dangers posed by the environment they are exposed to.

Risks posed by their environment and their temperament.

Not exact matches

The government said in March that it was studying the dangers posed to wildlife and the environment by the plastic microbeads, and on Thursday said the scientific review was still underway by Environment Canada along with an assessment of triclosan and environment by the plastic microbeads, and on Thursday said the scientific review was still underway by Environment Canada along with an assessment of triclosan and Environment Canada along with an assessment of triclosan and phthalates.

In the past, models and celebrities who worked with the photographer accused him of creating a sexually hostile environment on set, encouraging provocative poses, and sexual assault and harassment, according to a comprehensive list of the allegations leveraged against Richardson compiled by Complex.

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.»

An additional consideration in this environment was the risk to the economy posed by the build - up of household debt and the associated increases in house prices.

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.

We help protect our Australia's productive industries, environment and human health from pests and diseases by assessing the risks they pose, prioritising the pathways of entry and providing new technologies for surveillance and early response through sensor networks and autonomous platforms.

«We want to share this information in a way that doesn't scare parents but helps to explain the real risks posed by an unsafe sleep environment,» Dr. Moon said.

... I have to say I'm disheartened by an environment where nuts are villainized and banned in so many schools, but highly processed foods that have «clean» allergen statements are not perceived to pose a threat.

Cristie benefits by getting a feel for baby's temperament, as well as by observations of the sleep environment — looking for any distractions to sleep, or anything that may pose a risk.

Some of those who have tried it before believe that putting water in a tub welcomes the baby to a minimal sound and light world with no profound change posed by the new environment.

Not a startling revelation, but it does pose some questions as to how young politicians integrate into a system traditionally dominated by more senior generations, and cope with being in the public eye in an increasingly volatile political environment.

The reasons for the continuing support for nuclear energy by political parties of all colours is simple: our dependence on fossil fuels poses real risks to the country's energy security, the environment and energy prices.

Environment secretary Owen Paterson raised eyebrows over the weekend after offering his own take on the political threat posed by Ukip.

«For years, my office has been fighting to address the serious risks posed by Indian Point to the surrounding communities and the environment,» he said in a statement.

This data is necessary to be able to respond effectively to contamination by microplastics and the risk they pose to terrestrial ecosystems — where, after all, most plastic waste that enters the environment accumulates.

Unbiased evidence is hard to come by, but the few peer - reviewed studies carried out indicate that the risks fracking poses to human health and the environment are small.

Nanoparticles in sunscreens, cosmetics and hundreds of other consumer products may pose risks to the environment by damaging beneficial microbes, scientists reported Tuesday.

Sunday's vote ended an energetic campaign by Swiss biologists to convince the public that transgenic laboratory animals are essential to biomedical research, and that genetic engineering can provide benefits without posing a serious threat to the environment.

As well as its ability to pierce armour plating, DU has the unfortunate tendency to ignite on impact, creating clouds of uranium oxide dust — facilitating its spread in the environment and increasing the danger posed by the alpha radiation it emits.

Most nanotechnology poses no new risk to human health or the environment, concludes a study commissioned by the UK government.

In such an environment a select few, often motivated by greed without regard to responsible patient care, are able to promote unproven, clearly illegal, and often expensive treatments that offer little hope, and, even worse, may pose significant risks to the health and safety of vulnerable patients.

«The region is profoundly affected by climate change — including loss of sea ice, acidification of the ocean, and increased access for industries that pose significant risks to the ocean environment.»

Thankfully, we can lower the amount of plastic - related chemicals in our bodies, our homes, and the environment — as well as the risks they pose — by simply using fewer plastics in our daily lives.

If passed, the legislation would substantially increase federal research into threats from hormone - disrupting chemicals and require the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to report to the public every two years on the extent to which hormone disruption by chemicals poses a threat to human health and the environment.

Research indicates that burnout is a multifactorial problem stemming from physicians» high patient volume, financial pressure, extremely long work hours and poor work — life balance, inefficiencies posed by the electronic medical record system, and the increasingly litigious work environment that has become characteristic of our modern medical system.

Both soothing and regenerating, restorative / meditative poses free the body and mind of unnecessary tension, reduce stress, and create a balanced healing environment by increasing circulation to the organs, slowing & deepening the breath and calming the central nervous system.

At the same time, I was greatly fascinated by the space environment such as weightlessness for research pur - poses.

Our experienced workforce is committed to helping all staff within the learning environment and, most importantly, protecting students from the risks posed by the digital world.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

This commentary argues that we must understand and respond to the emotional issues posed for students by violent school environments so that all students can begin to prepare for the academic challenges envisioned by the No Child Left Behind Act.

This interconnectedness could pose challenges to schools looking to focus on making improvements in particular areas, but the correlations also indicate that by improving one area, a school could expect to improve teachers» perception of their work environment as a whole.

Educators should be fostering this type of environment by posing interesting problems and asking lots of questions, encouraging students to ask lots of questions and pose their own problems and then allowing time and space for divergent and flexible thinking.

Immersive reading — the exercise of deep reading that is dominated by narrative prose and requires a significant investment of time and concentration — poses a difficult challenge in the digital environment.

Intelligence Squared U.S. energy and environment debates shine a critical light on the most pressing issues spurred by climate change and 21st century environmental priorities, including clean energy, fracking, organic and genetically modified foods, and whether or not global warming poses an immediate threat.

I'm not convinced that the library sector is much more advanced than publishers in their thinking about the issues posed by the new eReading environment, as opposed to the «old» PC - based era.

When evaluating the threat posed by a dog — not a breed, but the individual dog — we need to look at the environment from which the dog came.

Rabies may also be essential if your dog is travelling abroad — check with the practice and with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): Other vaccinations may be recommended, based on your veterinary surgeon's evaluation of the risks posed by such factors as your dog's particular heredity, environment andEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): Other vaccinations may be recommended, based on your veterinary surgeon's evaluation of the risks posed by such factors as your dog's particular heredity, environment andenvironment and lifestyle.

An illustration by Bond's teenage hand features in the installation, and then, for the performance component in the window, the artist puts down stakes for pre-scheduled periods and strikes poses inspired by Graham in an environment outfitted like a photographer's set with hand - drawn wallpaper and a red velvet rope.

By inviting viewers into a world where the relationship between cause and effect is immediate and magnified, perhaps, as critic Dan Cameron posed, the artist is asking us to ponder the ramification our actions are having on our environment.

As defined by the EPA, a Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and / or the environment.

In these pieces, the cross-hatched slashes reveal an interior beneath the surface, like a peeking human form beneath an organic scene on the surface - meant to represent the «threats posed by our increasingly technological environment».

Black and white photographs by Russian photographer Nikolay Bakharev capturing men, women and children posing in natural environments such as dense forests and Andy Warhol's brightly coloured screen - print of a cow are also on display.

Balzar's works may be situated within then current debates over the dominance of modernist painting, particularly the challenges posed to this by the Minimalist environments of Donald Judd and Dan Flavin.

The video installations feature female sea creatures, similarly overwrought by their environments: one a mermaid expelling oil - like substances from a tangle of detritus; another, inspired by selfie videos shared on social media platforms, poses for the camera, her face and body layered with Snapchat - like filters and special effects.

Plainly, what is necessary now is intellectual honesty and courage as well as a willingness to begin «centering» the attention of the leaders of the human community on the threat to humanity, life as we know it, the environment and the integrity of Earth that is posed by the gigantic scale and patently unsustainable growth rate of the human population worldwide.

The EPA — seemingly defying both common sense and safety concerns — recently issued an analysis concluding that the risks to human health and the environment posed by oil refinery emissions were low enough to warrant no further regulations.

We're heartened by a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center which reports that most Americans say yes when posed with the question: «Should the country do whatever it takes to protect the environment?»