Sentences with phrase «public about the risks»

Peabody Energy has a responsibility to be honest with investors and the public about the risks posed by climate change, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in announcing the settlement with Peabody Monday.

That is why it is so important to level with the public about the risks.

They have a responsibility to come clean with the public about the risks of a leap into the dark.

Commenting on the new report that provides documented evidence of how the alcohol industry is misleading the public about the risks associated with alcohol and cancer, Institute of Alcohol Studies Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «This report shows that, like the tobacco industry before them, alcohol companies are misleading consumers about the evidence linking their products to cancer.

«As the federal official who alerted the public about the risk of drinking the toxic water in Hoosick Falls, I continue to be concerned that the state of New York has not learned the lessons from their water crisis,» she said in a statement provided to the Times Union late Tuesday.

An open letter warns the public about the risks that come from transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a «do - it - yourself» type of brain stimulation.

Informational: NHTSA has taken the lead with a national effort to educate parents, caretakers, public health professionals and the general public about the risks associated with heatstroke, and will continue to need the support of partners to push out messages and host events to keep the issue in front of the public.

As part of our core values, Effective Coverage believes in educating the public about the risks they face and how to protect themselves with renters insurance.

Gollum's Fund - a special fund created to provide heartworm prevention for all dogs in our care, to treat any dog affected by this terrible disease, and to educate the public about the risk and prevention of heartworm infection.

Increasingly, attention has turned to non-state actors, particularly fossil fuel producers: they knew about the risks of their business, and they chose to misinform investors and the public about those risks.

Along with other major fossil fuel companies, it deceived the public about the risks of its products and kept us on a path of unabated fossil fuel extraction.

But when state and U.S. prosecutors successfully sued the tobacco companies for systematically misleading the public about the risks their products caused, no one's free speech rights were infringed.

Prosecutors want to see if the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business.

In a blockbuster story, The New York Times reported that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed oil and gas industry giant ExxonMobil to «determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how those risks might hurt the oil business.»

Attorneys general in states like California, Massachusetts, and New York will also move forward with their investigations into ExxonMobil's tobacco - style efforts to mislead investors and the public about the risks of climate change.

And the Democratic platform advocates, it hasn't been finally, the current Democratic party platform for this year says that they should be investigated for misleading shareholders and the public about the risks of climate change.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration continually warns the public about the risks of driver fatigue, especially in truck drivers.

Following a two - month trial, jurors deliberated for a week before finding that the Pinnacle hips were defectively designed, and that the companies failed to warn the public about their risks.

We are committed to protecting the rights of motorcyclists and educating the public about the risks of bad weather motorcycle accidents.

We are building on the existing momentum to educate the public about the risks of distracted driving; a combined effort to encourage change.

As part of our core values, Effective Coverage believes in educating the public about the risks they face and how to protect themselves with renters insurance.

However, both Dubai and the United Arab Emirates also released several warnings last fall to the public about the risks of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and the use of cryptocurrencies as legal payment, due to their anonymity and potential use for nefarious purposes.

Not exact matches

Taking personal, public risks shows how much you care about your message as a leader.

Kennedy is notorious for spreading widely - debunked conspiracy theories about vaccines, falsely asserting that they are linked to autism (and that government agencies have conspired to hide these risks from the public).

«With the Sodium Mandate, the Board has required the disclosure of just enough inaccurate and controversial information about sodium in certain food items to cause far reaching negative consequences rather than help consumers and reduce public health risks.»

I think about going public, or maybe a partnership, but we're entering into a very high - risk, demanding phase of the company's development, and strategically I think being private will allow us to make some good long - term choices.

Indonesia's central bank has issued a fresh warning about trading in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin because of the risk of losses to the public and even a potential threat to the stability of the financial system.

«Our Integrated Threat and Risk Assessment team monitors the situation by scanning publicly available sources and consulting with expertise available in the broader public sector about road conditions, availability of public transit, information from Emergency Services, etc..»

Investor Environmental Health Network is a collaborative partnership of investment managers and nongovernmental organizations concerned about the financial and public health risks associated with corporate toxic chemicals policies.

In Chile's case they said nothing about the way this transferred risk from the private to the public sector, even though they defended high rates of return as a reward for the private sector ostensibly taking risks.

«When we talk about the risks looming on the horizon, one of the risks has to do with the high level of public and private debt.»

It's a joke to say that it was public safety and its a joke to have FINRA post an investor alert about the complexities and risks.

Given the risk profile of investments, VCs are expected to generate returns of about 20 % to 30 % (that is, above the returns of the public market).

As bankers, we are concerned about growth and returns - regulators about safety and soundness - central bankers with the competing interests of systemic risk and economic growth - and politicians have to deal with significant public discourse.

I suspect fear mongering to justify disproportionate retribution and agendas by those who don't have to risk life and limb but profit from war and politicians being puppets of that with measure to deceive the public to keep the public in line with their policy about war.

By all means, if I find any youth - at - risk with a computer at home, prisoner with Internet rights, homeless that frequent the public library internet system, or a mentally disordered person that are allowed the Internet by the county's out - patient facility... then by all means, I will mention to them about the free (NakedPastor) site.

A recent study of tobacco ads concludes: «In the face of increasing public knowledge about the health risks of smoking and the shrinking population of current smokers, the tobacco industry has portrayed smoking in advertisements in a misleading manner — as adventuresome, healthy, safe, and erotic, images in stark contrast to the voluminous data implicating smoking as a factor in ill health.

Writing in The Times, Kate Lampard, chairwoman of GambleAware said: «As a society, we should be concerned about the rising risk of harm from wider access and more regular participation in gambling on future generations, resulting in a possible public health crisis in gambling addiction.»

The group with the highest sodium - to - potassium ratio had a mortality risk about 50 % higher during the study than the group with the lowest, according to the report by Elena V. Kuklina, M.D., and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

As well as appealing for any information about the theft, I'd like to remind the public that ticket - touting is a criminal offence, and that anyone buying tickets off the street runs the risk of being refused entry if those tickets turn out to be stolen.

Public action can take on many forms, including boycotting Nestlé brands, helping to spread the word about Nestlé's unethical business practices, and putting pressure on the government to pass legislation that would prevent Nestlé from doing things that put people, animals and the environment at risk.

The Pennsylvania Departments of Public Health and Education must develop and post on their websites guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students, parents, and coaches about concussions, the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI), including the risks of continuing to play or practice after a concussion or TBI.

The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is the cancer charity that fosters research on the relationship of nutrition, physical activity and weight management to cancer risk, interprets the scientific literature and educates the public about the results.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB189 (2011) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic school to provide information to all coaches, officials, volunteers, youth athletes and their parents / guardians about the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or head injury.

In 2010, Health Canada, the country's federal department of public health, issued a warning about these necklaces, citing the risk of strangulation.

In addition, participants at the IOC conference learned about a community - based program the Institute first developed in 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandates.

Maybe it was a mistake that your wife made to make those postings public, but something good has come out from it because these stories, even though it's painful to be written about, these stories need to be told, because the midwives and home birth community are not talking about these risks.

SUDDEN INFANT death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden death of an infant, unexpected by history and unexplained by a thorough postmortem examination, including a complete autopsy, death scene investigation, andreview of the medical history.1 The decreased risk of SIDS associated with nonprone sleep positions led to the recommendation in 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants be placed to sleep on the side or back.2 In 1994, the national public education campaign «Back to Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 1998.3,4

The mass media have a powerful impact on public perceptions of health issues.1 Headline health scares have a measurable effect on behaviour, and routine coverage influences people's assessments of personal risk, utilisation of health services, and views on public policy.2 - 7 The media not only provide information but also help to create or reinforce ideas about what is common sense or normal.

By denying parents information on best practices about ways they can reduce risks while bedsharing in addition to encouraging them not to bedshare, the public health community potentially shares responsibility for the continued SIDS cases in bedsharing.