Sentences with phrase «premature human deaths»

Suppose, as the Stanford computer study suggested, that very rapid climate change in the next century could result in hundreds of millions of premature human deaths?

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However, most of the cases of undeserved suffering come mixed, with individual human choices, social forces, and physical factors all combined — as in war, poverty, premature or violent death, disease, mental breakdowns, and the like.

Innocence of the ghastly conditions of their particular human crisis - grinding poverty, economic slavery, disease; malnutrition that stunts the development of the brain and maims intelligence; thwarted, inhibited stature, physical and psychological shockingly premature death - innocence of this awful truth is at a furious pace giving way to a new consciousness and conscience, to conscientization.

When for reasons of human frailty or tragic sickness and premature death the love of one or the other of the parents is lost, there is in the life of the offspring a tremendous need for compensation.

Tragically, these culturally based practices led to the deaths of possibly as many as 600 thousand infants from SIDS, in part because our society promoted a kind of premature deep, uninterrupted sleep, in sensory - deprived (solitary) environments for which the naturally vulnerable and neurologically immature human infant was not and is not, biologically prepared.

Following a visit last month, the UN's Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances said air pollution «plagues» the UK, causing an estimated 30,000 - 40,000 premature deaths a year.

The March 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused extensive human suffering — evacuations, emotional trauma and premature deaths, disrupted jobs and schooling.

The multi-author study, by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control's Partners for Rabies Prevention Group, also shows that annual economic losses because of the disease are around 8.6 billion US dollars, mostly due to premature deaths, but also because of spending on human vaccines, lost income for victims of animal bites and other costs.

Resulting environmental problems, including smog, haze, and acid rain, contribute to human health problems like asthma, lung cancer, respiratory diseases, and premature death.

Whether human or roundworm, genetic profile is an important influence in health and risk of disease and premature death.

The destruction of mountains, streams, rivers and groundwater, the destruction of land laid waste by strip - mining, the loss of wildlife in these areas, the human illnesses and premature deaths that result from these practices especially in Appalachia, the CO2 emissions and resulting climate change along with the havoc this causes — all of these are externalities that do not enter into the price companies pay to mine the stuff or the costs we pay to turn on the a.c.

The biggest and most obvious cost was to human health: premature death — from heat stress or other climate - related impacts — would account for $ 120 billion; coastal losses would claim $ 42 billion and agriculture $ 18bn.

Extreme heat and declining air quality are expected to increase risk associated with respiratory problems and heat stress, both of which pose increasing problems for human health, especially in urban areas, and can result in increased hospitalizations and even premature death.

Small increase in energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040, says new IEA report IEA strategy based on existing energy technologies and policies can cut 50 % of pollutant emissions, the fourth - largest threat to human health, by 2040 27 June 2016

We believe abundant, affordable energy is indispensable to human flourishing, particularly to societies which are rising out of abject poverty and the high rates of disease and premature death that accompany it.

Using a prominent human - Earth systems model linked with international community climate projections, the team showed that reducing greenhouse gases not only slows climate change, it prevents millions of premature deaths.

Air pollution from vehicles is also linked with numerous harmful effects on human health, including respiratory problems, heart and lung diseases, and premature death.

Air pollution from petroleum fueled vehicles causes numerous harmful effects to human health, including respiratory problems, heart and lung diseases, and premature death.

It is a reflection of human behavior that people are often more willing to talk about money for their own future than to discuss provisions for the family in case of premature death (the «fear motive»).