Sentences with phrase «protecting public health by»

Public Health Units are legally responsible for protecting public health by trying to prevent the transmission of various infections, including HIV.

«The funding limitation will allow Congress to carefully and thoroughly debate a permanent clarification to the Clean Air Act to ensure it remains a strong tool for protecting public health by regulating and mitigating air pollutants, and that it is not transformed into a vehicle to impose a national energy tax,» explains Chairman Whitfield's press release.

Austin Animal Center (AAC) is dedicated to providing and promoting humane treatment of animals while protecting the public health by managing the domestic animal population.

Beginning in 1906, the FDA is still responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices.

The «FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of... our nation's food supply...» 3.

FSMA was enacted to strengthen the food safety system and protect public health by proactively preventing contamination.

Your editorial also oddly criticized the budget both for continuing state tax cuts for the middle class and for actions to protect public health by raising revenues from large corporations, including from pharmaceutical companies that helped create the opioid crisis.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

Cuomo announced that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

ECDOH public health sanitarians» food facility inspections protect the public health by assuring that food service establishments are operated in a manner that eliminates food safety hazards to prevent foodborne disease and restaurant - associated foodborne illness incidences in our community.

The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promotes and protects the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use.

Increasing solar power would help protect public health by reducing harmful air pollution from the state's fossil fuel - fired power plants.

WASHINGTON (June 22, 2015)-- The Lancet Commission on Health and Climate released a report today warning that climate change poses both the greatest threat to health in the 21st Century and the greatest opportunity to protect public health by pursuing a reduction of fossil fuels and an expansion of clean energy.

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By contrast, there is little or no evidence of Mr. Pruitt taking initiative to protect and advance public health and environmental protection in his state.

Money transmitter licenses, which are required for California MSBs (money services businesses), protect consumers by preventing money laundering in addition to maintaining public confidence in financial institutions and preserving the health, safety, and general welfare of the public.

VICTORIA — New Democrat health spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protectiohealth spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare ProtectioHealth Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protectiohealth care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protection Act.

Food Standards Agency The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.

NSF International is an accredited third - party certification body that helps protect and improve public health by offering services in food safety and other areas.

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

No zoning ordinance or by - law shall prohibit or unreasonably regulate the installation of solar energy systems or the building of structures that facilitate the collection of solar energy, except where necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare.

Tenth Annual Canadian National Breastfeeding Seminar for Health Professionals: Protecting the Right to Breastfeed; Toronto ONT, June 1 - 2, 2000, sponsored by INFACT Canada, Humber College, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, and Toronto Public Health.

Breast feeding is clearly an issue for public health consideration as it provides significant protection against infections in newborns and infants.12 Because breast feeding has been shown to protect against infections so profoundly in developing countries, it is estimated that an increase in breast feeding worldwide by 40 % would reduce deaths from respiratory infection by 50 % in children less than 18 months of age.3

The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) was adopted at the 34th World Health Assembly in 1981 to protect the public from inappropriate marketing strategies, but has been weakly implemented, enforced, and monitored by countries [2].

New York must finish the job, by fully implementing DERA to protect public health — particularly children in highly - impacted communities — and advance the state's climate change agenda.

IAS is a registered charity (number 1112671) aiming to educate, preserve and protect the good health of the public by:

We also protected the public's health by passing a local law regulating e-cigarettes, thereby expanding on the work of our predecessors who passed the County's Clean Air Act two decades ago.

Public health budgets will now be protected: «Public health budgets were constantly raided by other parts of the NHS, we will prioritise public health spending through a new ring - fenced budget.&Public health budgets will now be protected: «Public health budgets were constantly raided by other parts of the NHS, we will prioritise public health spending through a new ring - fenced budget.&Public health budgets were constantly raided by other parts of the NHS, we will prioritise public health spending through a new ring - fenced budget.&public health spending through a new ring - fenced budget.»

Hudson Valley Delegation Public Hearing Reply Form March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Please respond by Friday, February 26th: E-mail to: [email protected] Or fax to: [phone] I would like to testify at the hearing on March 5th (The committee will accommodate as many witnesses as possible.)

The Republican resolution, sponsored by Legislator Michael Anagnostakis, calls on Orange County to urge the state Department of Environmental Conservation to review a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision concerning the Millennium natural gas pipeline and consider all legal options to protect public health and the environment.

Environmental regulators compounded the health problems by failing to acknowledge them and take steps to protect the public's health.

The agency, tasked with protecting the state's environment and public health, denied air quality permits for two 700 - megawatt, coal - fired power plants proposed by Sunflower Electric for Holcomb, a municipality in the southwestern corner of the state.

This practice is sanctioned by the World Trade Organization in certain cases — for example, to ensure affordable medicine prices — to protect public health.

In 1976, the AAAS Board and Council jointly created a permanent Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to develop policies and procedures to protect scientists, engineers and health care professionals against infringements of scientific freedom and responsibility, to monitor policies and actions taken by governments that might affect their professional rights and duties, and to promote attention to scientific freedom and responsibility within AAAS, its affiliated societies, and the general public.

The AAAS Dialogue Group offers this Statement as a contribution to the on - going public debate in the hope of protecting Americans from discriminatory practices in health insurance based on the use of genetic information produced by predictive testing.

Traditional chemical - by - chemical and facility - by - facility regulation does not sufficiently protect public health, because people come into contact with numerous pollutants where they live, work and play, and the interactions among those pollutants can be significant.

The psychological damage caused by the attacks of September 11 mirrored the physical destruction and showed that protecting the public's mental health must be a component of the national defense

A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers found that injecting a vaccine - like compound into mice was effective in protecting them from malaria.

The EPA sets standards for six principal air pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safety.

«Although these relationships are complex, we believe that by protecting and preserving biodiversity, we could also derive the double win of public health benefits.»

It's been estimated by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)(a non-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide exposure from produce by almost 90 percent by avoiding the «dirty dozen.»

U.S. soda sales have dropped 25 percent since 1998, no doubt due to successful public health advocacy, and this makes the current scandal all the more scandalous, as it's an attempt by a high - level health official to undo all the work that's already been done to protect the public health.

Our main goals are to increase awareness of eczema as a public health issue and to protect and improve access to services and medications for people whose lives are impacted by this disease.

«Our actions are driven by our duty to protect the public health and our careful analysis of the data and the emerging science,» Susan Mayne, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said in a statement on the proposed limit.

The leaves and seeds of moringa may protect against some of the effects of arsenic toxicity, which is especially important in light of news that common staple foods, such as rice, may be contaminated.13 Contamination of ground water by arsenic has also become a cause of global public health concern, and one study revealed: 14

The measure, which was signed last month by Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican, requires the state school board and the commissioner of health to set regulations to ensure swim teachers in public schools have «appropriate swimming and first aid skills necessary to protect the health and safety of students.»

Such binary thinking sees policymakers swayed by specious claims that licensing is necessary to protect public health and safety or to promote...

A passionate believer in the power of public education, he is driven by a vision for the future that includes protecting the health of our students.

It is HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's intent to protect and promote students» health by permitting advertising and marketing for only those foods and beverages that are permitted to be sold on the school campus, consistent with this LWP.