A recent re-analysis of the drug's safety suggests that there could be
potential risk to human health.
Study authors suggested choosing organic produce was linked to decreased risk of developmental issues - going as far as to say that the «
potential risks to human health are largely avoided» when organic is favoured.
Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as
the potential risks to human health; 1.
Similarly, it was no less a scientifically - enlightened organisation than the British Medical Association (BMA) who wrote, in 2004 that, «of all the available research is that there is very little potential for GM foods to cause harmful health effects», but that «research is still needed in key areas to allay remaining concern about
the potential risks to human health and the environment».
Not exact matches
Years later, in 2007, the EPA concluded that there were «
potential human health risks» from drinking - water contamination, as well as
risks to birds and other wildlife.
This past summer, the Natural Resources Defense Council persuaded the agency
to launch a criminal investigation of Syngenta for suppressing data on the herbicide's
potential risks to the environment and
to human health.
For the current study, researchers spiked soil with a mixture of PCBs at concentrations commonly found in soils and sediments — and which pose a
potential risk to human and environmental
health.
Researchers are already exploring the dangers that hitchhiking microbes from Earth would pose
to potential alien life, as well as the
risk of alien microbes
to the
health of
human astronauts.
The test is increasingly used as a method of assessing substances — including drugs and cosmetics — that could pose a
potential risk to human or environmental
health by causing damage
to DNA.
The authors of this new research paper analysed data and models from the USEPA's updated global non-CO2 GHG mitigation assessment
to investigate the
potential for GHG reductions from agricultural emissions from seven regions globally, offsetting costs against social benefit of GHG mitigation (e.g.
human health, flood
risk and energy costs).
In a recent study, University of Missouri researchers found that these particles could pose a
potential health risk to humans and the environment.
The two biologists note in their paper that while applications of MCR offer
potential solutions
to important problems in
health and
human welfare, it could also pose serious
potential risks in the wrong hands.
Without proper safeguards, we
risk letting synthetic organisms and their products out of the laboratory with unknown
potential to disrupt ecosystems, threaten
human health and undermine social, economic and cultural rights.
December 19, 2017 — NIH findings with
potential for enhancing
human health include understanding how dietary factors influence disease
risk, combatting the epigenetic effects of outdoor air pollution, and methods
to detect prions in blood and skin.
Performing genetic studies in multiple
human populations can identify disease
risk alleles that are common in one population but rare in others, with the
potential to illuminate pathophysiology,
health disparities, and the population genetic origins of disease alleles.
The
potential risks around sulfate aerosol solar geoengineering include alteration of regional precipitation patterns, its effects on
human health, and the
potential damage
to Earth's ozone layer by increased stratospheric sulfate particles.
Access
to accurate and useful data regarding
potential hazards and
risks is necessary for these programs
to effectively protect
human health and the environment, and provide for the responsible development and use of chemicals that are vital
to everyday life.
While there is no evidence of cat
to human transmission, the
Health Department is currently evaluating ACC staff, ACC volunteers, and persons who recently acquired cats from the Manhattan shelter
to assess this
potential risk.
Based on pet nutrition research, Price vehemently opposes raw diets, which can expose
humans to potential health risks such as salmonella.
This also poses a significant
human health risk through the
potential transmission of animal - borne diseases, such as rabies and cholera — and, of course, even more dangers
to those who later choose
to consume the meat.
For years, scientists have sounded the alarm about the
potential health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine - disrupting chemical that has been linked
to reproductive problems and other issues in
humans.
Among the
risks the continent faces are reductions in food security and agricultural productivity, particularly regarding subsistence agriculture, increased water stress and, as a result of these and the
potential for increased exposure
to disease and other
health risks, increased
risks to human health.»
«The general use of the pesticide DDT will no longer be legal in the United States after today... the continued massive use of DDT posed unacceptable
risks to the environment and
potential harm
to human health.»
To ignore these questions is to decide to expose human health and the environment to real risk before changing the risky behavior, that is, a decision to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave potential consequence
To ignore these questions is
to decide to expose human health and the environment to real risk before changing the risky behavior, that is, a decision to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave potential consequence
to decide
to expose human health and the environment to real risk before changing the risky behavior, that is, a decision to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave potential consequence
to expose
human health and the environment
to real risk before changing the risky behavior, that is, a decision to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave potential consequence
to real
risk before changing the risky behavior, that is, a decision
to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave potential consequence
to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave
potential consequences.
These include
potential flood damages from more extreme rainfall in most parts of Australia and New Zealand; constraints on water resources from reducing rainfall in southern Australia; increased
health risks and infrastructure damages from heat waves in Australia; and, increased economic losses,
risks to human life and ecosystem damage from wildfires in southern Australia and many parts of New Zealand.
By assessing the
potential risks of climate change
to human health in Italy, it seeks
to identify available adaptive and preventive measures and
to suggest additional ones.
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