Sentences with phrase «potential risks to human health»

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».

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.

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.

A recent re-analysis of the drug's safety suggests that there could be potential risk to human health.

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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 consequenceTo 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 consequenceto 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 consequenceto 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 consequenceto real risk before changing the risky behavior, that is, a decision to not act on a serious environmental threat has grave potential consequenceto 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.

Our mission is to maximise human and organisational potential through targeted and solution - focussed health, safety and risk management consulting services.

• Clinically reviewed and conducted risk assessments based on approved industry and regulatory standards, associated with potential / actual exposures to hazardous substances, to determine if human and / or environmental health has been impacted.