Sentences with phrase «protect people at risk»

I'll argue that if you're one of the ~ 3M persons living in the Ben Tre and Long An provinces of Vietnam situated on the Mekong Delta, unsupported claims such as Lindzen's «The evidence is that the increase in CO2 will lead to very little warming, and that the connection of this minimal warming (or even significant warming) to the purported catastrophes is also minimal» is hardly a tight argument and is ethically extremely dubious, aimed as it is at paralyzing the public policy response necessary to protect those people at risk.

Supplementing with B12 can protect people at risk from symptoms of deficiency.

Influenza vaccines have been developed to prevent the yearly outbreaks of this respiratory illness and to protect people at risk from developing severe disease.

Not exact matches

Companies in London and later the U.S.developed a sophisticated understanding of risk aimed at protecting people against large losses, disasters, and death.

Lacking a leader, «it's hard for me to be optimistic or pessimistic because I don't know if they're going to open the floodgates and take a lot of risks to rush the technology out — or if they're going to take a reasonable, rational pathway to protecting people,» said David Friedman, director of cars and product policy and analysis at Consumers Union.

«If an employer knows a particular person's abusive conduct places employees at unreasonable risk of sexual harassment,» the judges wrote, «the employer can not escape responsibility to protect a likely future employee victim merely because the person has not previously abused that particular employee.»

What's more, by protecting rich people who harass or abuse others, NDAs can put countless ordinary people at risk — you'll never find out your new boss is a harasser if all his victims are prohibited from talking about it.

We who sacrifice fabulous resources to fatten the most inhuman form of violence so that it will continue to protect us, and who pass our time in transmitting futile messages from a planet that is risking destruction to planets that are already dead» how can we have the extraordinary hypo crisy to pretend that we do not understand all those people who did such things long before us: those, for example, who made it their practice to throw a single child, or two at the most, into the furnace of a certain Moloch in order to ensure the safety of the others?

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's felony animal cruelty law to protect people and pets, today is blasting the shocking decision by Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Angelo Delligatti to free a convicted animal torturer potentially putting public safety and the well being of companion animals at risk.

He said that while he's had success protecting his crops through the DEC - controlled nuisance permit program, he worries how much people's safety would be put at risk if less skilled hunters were given more access through reduced restrictions.

Outlined in the governor's 2016 policy book are new laws would eliminate the parental consent requirement for HIV - positive teens in need of treatment and for at - risk teens who want to get on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP — a medication that protects HIV - negative people from becoming infected.

«This legislation empowers loved ones and law enforcement to take immediate legal action to protect public safety if they notice dangerous behavior by people who may be at risk,» Pleu said.

The group will address five topic areas — identifying ways in which to identify individuals who are at risk of causing violence; identifying ways in which those individuals can be helped; identifying other ways to prevent violence; examining how drug abuse and drug - related crimes can be reduced; and identifying ways in which to protect people in public places.

One dose protects mice from Zika but may put people at greater risk of dengue.

The method could potentially protect millions of people now at risk of exposure to arsenic.

Large - scale use of vaccine aims to break stalemate against the disease by protecting people most at risk.

Without it there is a risk that the person will experience a sense of isolation and dislocation at a time when the resources to protect against this threat are lacking.

People at highest risk are better protected if those around them are also protected.

«The bottom line is: these rules fail to protect the nation's public lands — home to our last wild places, and sources of drinking water for millions of people — from the risks of fracking,» said Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.

In these phase 2 and phase 3 trials, thousands of people who are at risk of contracting the virus, such as health workers, will receive the vaccine to determine whether it can protect against infection.

For sun exposure is still the most important risk factor for BCC, and while people with fair skin are already aware of the need to protect themselves when they go outdoors, others with darker complexions may also be at higher risk of BCC than they think.

But the agency also found that by simply using your contacts the way you're supposed to, you can protect your peepers: About 25 % of the reported cases involved behaviors known to put a person at greater risk of eye infection.

People who have bad diets are more at risk of colorectal cancer, and they also have low fiber, but this does not necessarily mean that high fiber intakes are effective at protecting against cancer.

Fish oil protects for up to seven years against psychoses Fish oil offers protection against psychoses, concluded psychiatrists at the Medical University of Vienna a couple of years ago after doing a small study in which they gave young people at risk fish - oil capsules for 12 weeks.

Adjustable accelerator and brake pedals, which are intended to protect short drivers from air bags, are the surprise hit of the 1999 model year at Ford.The company will offer the feature in more car and light - truck lines in the 2000 model year.Short people, particularly women, are buying the adjustable pedals to enable them to sit farther from the steering column, which can reduce the risk of injury during an air bag deployment.

To protect themselves from the high risk posed by people with poor credit scores, private lenders have to issue loans at higher interest rates.

«With people living longer and more Canadians expecting to retire sooner, it's important to look at what savings you will need to be fully prepared and how having a financial plan can help protect against risks that can be magnified in retirement such as market shocks and health events,» Kevin Dougherty, president of Sun Life Financial Canada said in a press release.

To keep pets safe from fleas and ticks, Drs. Markwalder and Normile recommend that pet owners: consult a veterinarian to have pets protected year - round, check pets and family members regularly for ticks, remember that indoor pets are as much at risk of contracting fleas and ticks as outdoor pets, and visit a doctor or veterinarian right away if you suspect that a person or a pet has come into contact with ticks or fleas.

They use sport and art through local community projects to protect and empower at risk children and young people and provide them with positive role models.

This is so because in addition to the theological reasons given by Pope Francis recently: (a) it is a problem mostly caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of greenhouse gases (ghg) in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people nations must limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions, and, (e) climate change is preventing some people from enjoying the most basic human rights including rights to life and security among others.

This is so because: (a) it is a problem mostly caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of greenhouse gases (ghg) in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people nations must limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions, and, (e) climate change is preventing some people from enjoying the most basic human rights including rights to life and security among others.

These features include: (a) it is a problem caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of ghgs in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people and who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, and, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people, nations must act quickly to limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions.

We must see climate change as an ethical problem because: (a) it is a problem caused by some people in one part of the world that puts others and the natural resources on which they depend at great risk, (b) the harms to these other people are not mere inconveniences but in some cases catastrophic losses of life or the ability to sustain life, and (c) those who are vulnerable to climate change cant petition their governments to act to protect themselves but must rely upon a hope that a sense of justice and responsibility of those causing the problem will motivate them to change their behavior.

As cities work to address decades - long issues of equity in street design (low - income people in particular have a disproportionate risk of death or injury caused by traffic crashes), effective bike share station placement and planning can help close the gap by increasing pedestrian visibility at intersections, providing pedestrian refuge areas, protecting bike lanes and pedestrian plazas, and extending the reach of transit.

«Today's report recognizes that the livelihoods of people living in coastal communities, the sustainability of rich natural resources that support our economy and the security of residential, commercial and industrial assets are at great risk if we don't devise and implement plans to protect against, and recover from, the adverse effects associated with climate change.»

The conference is dedicated to boosting its Community Trails Program, which aims to create new trails close to where people live and, where possible, linking them to larger trail networks or greenways; and protecting through strategic land acquisitions or easements three at - risk long - distance Hudson Valley trails — the 36 - mile Shawangunk Ridge Trail, 350 - mile Long Path and 150 - mile Highlands Trail.

If this signals a strengthened attack on so - called «red - tape» — which has so far been pushed hardest by the UK — then it could put essential measures to protect people and the environment at risk.

This would only occur where, after consultation with the person with a disability, requiring a support person is the only means to allow the person to be on the premises and at the same time fulfil the provider's obligation to protect the health and safety of the person with a disability and that of others (i.e., the health and safety risk can not be eliminated or reduced by other means); and

In particular, it is for the domestic court to verify whether an individual questionnaire — focusing on each donor's sexual behaviour by looking at the «period which has elapsed since (his) most recent sexual relations -LRB-...), the stability of the relationship of the person concerned, or whether sexual relations were protected» (para. 66)-- can allow health practitioners to asses whether the individual is exposed to a high risk of HIV infection.

If the injured person was where they were not supposed to be, or somewhere they should have expected the risk of possible injuries, the person who caused the accident may not be at fault because they were not responsible for protecting the injured person.

Some argue that the availability of a costs award protects people from aggressive self - represented litigants who may be advancing spurious claims, but there is also the view that the cost rules benefit aggressive (represented, richer) litigants who litigate against (poorer) self - reps — because the represented litigants know they aren't at risk of costs consequences when they litigate the self - rep, so they can litigate with impunity.

On the other hand, a client - focused approach only protects against loss of commitment where the client's life, liberty or security of the person is at risk of deprivation.

Furthermore, when a covered entity can not practicably obtain an individual's agreement before disclosing protected health information to a relative or to a person involved in the individual's care and is making decisions about such disclosures consistent with the exercise of professional judgment regarding the individual's best interest, covered entities must take into account whether such a disclosure is likely to put the individual at risk of serious harm.

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

In addition, we clarify the NPRM's provision regarding disclosure of protected health information to persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or who may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition.

The 1987 Brundtland report, Our Common Future recognised that Indigenous peoples were particularly at risk from development and emphasized the need to both protect Indigenous rights and learn from Indigenous perspectives of land.

Three organisations working to protect children and young people online have today called on Oireachtas members to retain the Digital Age of Consent at 13 to avoid significant risks to child safety.

This effort to influence a person's housing choices based on race and other protected class violates federal fair housing laws and places the broker at risk of a discrimination complaint.