Sentences with phrase «potentially lethal»

Since children can have potentially lethal reactions to being forced to see the rejected parent, in no circumstance is the risk of further harming the child an acceptable approach to this problem (Kelly & Johnston, 2001).

Being new to the concept of seed words the buyer did not notice the potentially lethal flaw.

«Building this technology to assist the US government in military surveillance — and potentially lethal outcomes — is not acceptable.»

We're referring specifically to «lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)»; systems where a human does not make the final decision for a machine to take a potentially lethal action.

So now some people are avoiding learning about potentially lethal problems because life insurers are turning them away.

These test cases represent the most recent development in a string of judgments which demonstrate how the systems of law in the UK are gradually catching up with the complex and potentially lethal issue of exposure to asbestos.

During cross-examination, defence lawyer Andrew Synyshyn suggested to Keddy that he could not rule out the possibility that Fontaine could have had a potentially lethal combination of drugs in her system.

Patient 31: A woman in her third trimester of pregnancy develops pre-eclampsia, a potentially lethal disease, but has no coverage to treat her condition.

TORONTO — A proposed Canadian class action that alleged secret cost - saving design changes made to a highway safety guardrail had in fact turned the barrier into a potentially lethal spear has been settled, court documents show.

The researchers calculated that humans and most mammals, which have internal body temperatures near 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, will experience a potentially lethal level of heat stress at wet - bulb temperature above 95 degrees sustained for six hours or more, said Matthew Huber, the Purdue professor of earth and atmospheric sciences who co-authored the paper that is currently available online and will be published in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

This can be exceptionally detrimental, not only to believers but to society in general; conspiratorial beliefs over medical interventions such as vaccination, for example, can have potentially lethal consequence [4].

But then that argument works both way — if the easiest thing to do is to educate cyclists, then we should do that through the cheapest methods possible, and focus the more intensive resources on the drivers — who after all are the ones at the wheel of a potentially lethal threat.

Coal slurry is a by - product of washing the coal to improve its efficiency in power generation, but is both toxic and potentially lethal if containment ponds fail.

Even worse, opponents have undermined good efforts: Last November, Oregon voters dealt a potentially lethal blow to Portland's sprawl control when, in a state referendum, they ordered the city to begin to compensate developers who claim the policy costs them potential income.

The thermometer rises, the air becomes saturated, and the warmer, wetter world turns potentially lethal.

Google, the search giant with the famous motto: «Don't be evil,» is boasting about its involvement in a 2012 coal industry lobbying effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to protect the public from dangerous and potentially lethal coal plant emissions, according to a recently discovered Google case study.

Cities are afflicted by the notorious heat island effect, and climate scientists have repeatedly warned that extremes of heat and humidity could rise to potentially lethal levels in many of the world's great cities.

Professor Eltahir and his colleagues in 2015 examined conditions in the relatively wealthy Gulf region, and predicted potentially lethal wet bulb temperatures by 2100.

Researchers warn that more areas of the world will swelter more often in potentially lethal heatwaves unless greenhouse gas emissions are drastically curtailed.

We'd only just reported on the frozen and potentially lethal chunk lobbed at College Students in Gardner, Massachusetts, when yet another report of ice being slung from turbine blades appeared.

Despite mounting awareness of the dangers, our dependency on fossil fuels continues unabated — rendering our global climate increasingly unstable, and potentially lethal.

And if he doesn't get it, he vows that all 26 Democratic reps who serve on his committee will vote against the bill, a potentially lethal blow.

Without drastic action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, potentially lethal heatwaves will threaten most people by the century's end.

By 2100 New York could have around 50 days in which conditions could be potentially lethal.

3 August, 2017 — The thermometer rises, the air becomes saturated, and the warmer, wetter world turns potentially lethal.

Something to the effect that people tend to become squeamish or otherwise averse to the truly difficult task of challenging a culture's norms of behavior, especially norms that may currently benefit their particular tribe or socio - economic group, even if those norms can be shown to be potentially lethal to the individual or group in the long term.

When he addressed the Reverend Wright issue in one of the pivotal moments of his campaign, he did so with an impassioned and vibrantly human voice which succeeded in putting out a potentially lethal fire.

A 110V outlet is potentially lethal unless the user has a thorough background in how it works.

It seems clear to me that the Japanese escalated the incident into potentially lethal territory.

Similarly, players can also accumulate sense of death, which can allow the players to dodge a potentially lethal bullet and continue on with the carnage.

Each of the nine mountain ranges you conquer include one of these descents, and they each focus on an aspect of extreme snowboarding that can be potentially lethal: Gravity, avalanches, extreme cold, thin air to name a few.

Crave is no doubt the smallest publisher to jump ship, but their departure speaks volumes of the potentially lethal situation the ESA is in.

Having to shift a character or even two to new targets because you incorrectly assessed the situation means taking a potentially lethal penalty.

Some deer mice at the islands are infected with hantavirus, a potentially lethal disease for humans, but the Park Service wants to maintain them because they are native to Anacapa.

If someone had simply cut the loop and disposed of the strap properly, this potentially lethal entanglement never would have happened.

A wire can deliver a potentially lethal electrical shock and a punctured battery can cause burns to the mouth and esophagus, while shards of breakable ornaments can damage your pet's mouth.

Milksnakes are famous for imitating the quite venomous and potentially lethal coral snake, but they are completely harmless and were actually a boon to those early farmers.

After all, a snake of his size does indeed pose a potentially lethal hazard.

An FDA document leaked this week from a confidential source within the US Congress details the chronological timeline of tests that the agency has performed on chicken jerky treats since 2007 — tests which many pet owners say have ignored some of the most potentially lethal substances possibly responsible for the rash of pet illnesses and deaths.

Secondly, statistics show that nonvenemous snakes under 10 feet in length are not potentially lethal to healthy human adults.

If chewed, a wire can damage your pet's mouth from shards of glass or plastic, or deliver a potentially lethal electrical shock.

But before you decide, make sure you're aware of the duration of immunity of those vaccines — and the potentially lethal consequences of over-vaccinating — because most vets don't (but don't worry, we've got a handout you can share with our vet at the bottom of this post).

Research shows animal abuse is part of a potentially lethal cycle of violence.

Little did we know, a potentially lethal recessive gene for vWD was present in the background of our Italian Greyhounds.

Since the virus is pervasive and potentially lethal, the ASPCA recommends vaccinating all dogs for parvovirus.

The most common acute liver disorder causing severe jaundice in the cat that is potentially lethal without judicious supportive care.

Named for the Connecticut town where it was first identified in 1975, Lyme disease is a potentially lethal infection.

Or, how much of the forbidden sweet snack is potentially lethal to Fido?

Prevent FeLV by keeping cats indoors Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is an agent that spreads easily between cats and has potentially lethal effects, causing a variety of secondary diseases that range from secondary infections to cancer.

Is the disease potentially lethal or does it cause serious quality of life issues?