Sentences with phrase «public consumption on»

The issue that many opponents have is that the whale meat ends up being sold for public consumption on the streets of Japan.

Not exact matches

(Heffernan touches on the big - picture disservice in the media's insidious practice of narrowing our horizons for profit, rather than expanding them in the public interest: «[Media companies] know that when we buy a newspaper or a magazine, we aren't looking for a fight... The search for what is familiar and comfortable underlies our media consumption habits in just the same way as it makes us yearn for Mom's mac»n' cheese.»)

Following a 7.9 % jump in GDP in 2016, India's economy will likely accelerate going into the second half of this year and begin firing on cylinders in 2018, fueled by growth in consumption, public capital expenditures and external demand.

As for the U.S., I'd actually be quite comfortable with a reasonable amount of «helicopter money» provided that the accompanying fiscal stimulus package was focused, not on consumption, but on productive investment at the public, private and individual level (infrastructure, investment and R&D tax credits, workforce training, education, and so forth).

«While India seems too eager to please its western masters and put on a progressive and softer face for CNN for public consumption, people see through it.

Whereas estimates from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Living Costs and Food Survey are broadly comparable (123 mL / adult / day versus 168 mL / person / day), the British Soft Drinks Association's figures are threefold to fourfold higher.48 61 The level and pattern of consumption will determine the magnitude of the public health effects of a sugar sweetened drinks tax, as well as its effect on health inequalities.

«Meat — The Big Omission from the Talks on Emissions» Humane Society, Brighter Green, Chatham House 9 Dec 15:00 — 16:30 Observer Room 04 COP21 Paris — Le Bourget Site Leading experts and government officials will discuss the climate impacts of meat and dairy consumption, public awareness, and potential policy and behaviour - change solutions.

The introduction of a soda tax in Mexico in 2014, for instance, led to 3,000 job losses and soda consumption returned to pre-tax levels by mid-2015, thereby having no impact on public health.»

It's why we are working with national and local public health organizations on comprehensive efforts to reduce sugar consumption in communities where it's most needed.

Public health emphasis on reducing saturated fat consumption without considering the replacement nutrient or, more importantly, the many other food - based risk factors for cardiometabolic disease is unlikely to produce substantial intended benefits.

Secondary reductions in consumption may occur from the negative publicity surrounding sugar sweetened drinks, resulting from either the continuing debate about legislation or the stigma attached to public awareness of a special tax on health grounds.

Although many question the hope for public policy to affect that national girth, removing sweet milk from schools may be one of the most direct tools policymakers have at their disposal to reduce juvenile sugar consumption — at least on the taxpayer's dime.

Even though pesticides have been used on produce for years, and were deemed safe for public consumption, times have changed.

The campaign aims to help the endangered animals in their homeland, educate the public about the damage ivory consumption does to elephant populations and secure a moratorium on ivory trading in the U.S., the world's second largest importer of ivory.

An immediate suspension of alcohol sales and consumption at Vineyard 48 in Cutchogue was ordered by the state Liquor Authority after police received complaints from neighbors about public sex, fights and intoxicated patrons on or near the premises.

As Republicans scheme to shut the Democrats down permanently, we can assume that every minute of the action will be available for public consumption, either immediately or on - demand.

Pumping from the aquifers can draw down the amount of freshwater and cause it to be replaced by saltwater, rendering it unfit for public consumption — such as what has happened on parts of the north and south shores.

Here are links to all the AG filings with the exception of Eric Dinallo's, which came in on Monday and hasn't yet been redacted for public consumption.

It's worth pointing out that a substantial minority of Lib Dems are very keen on ideas such as Land Value Tax which would directly address many of the problems arising from asset inequality, in particular the fact that land owners can often make substantial gains in wealth as a result of public works funded out of the income and consumption taxes paid by those of substantially less wealth than themselves.

He did, however, more or less confirm that he had indeed provided AEG with the document and expressed a difference of opinion with the IG on whether the memo was, in fact, not for public consumption.

The other offenses Mark - Viverito is targeting — public urination, cycling on a sidewalk, public consumption of alcohol, being in a park after hours and failing to obey a parking sign — fall under city administrative code and don't need the Legislature's OK to be changed.

Last week, Mark - Viverito unveiled plans to make six low - level crimes civil rather than criminal offenses: public urination, biking on the sidewalk, public consumption of alcohol, being in a park after dark, failure to obey a park sign and jumping subway turnstiles.

But the Daily News recently reported Ms. Mark - Viverito's office and Councilman Rory Lancman were considering several other crimes they believed might be better handled with civil punishments like tickets — public alcohol consumption, public urination, biking on the sidewalk, being in a park after dark, disobeying a park sign, and littering.

Yet data on broader public consumption of science - related blogs are limited, and those studies that do exist suggest that blog reading occurs among a small, unique segment of the public — who may or may not be drawn to science blogs with the goal of discussing the science.

By 2002 the results were positive enough for the American Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements of fish oil for coronary heart disease patients.

Experts say the result will be increased pressure on public health agencies to set safety limits for rice consumption.

The WCS campaign focuses on: securing effective U.S. moratorium laws; bolstering elephant protection with additional funding; and educating the public about the link between ivory consumption and the elephant poaching crisis.

«Along with other research released recently from Western Australia showing increased harms on nights when people consumed energy drinks, it is becoming more apparent about how associations between energy drink consumption and greater levels of intoxication and harm can be explained, and that the concerns of researchers regarding social order and public health appear to be warranted, despite industry lobbying to the contrary.»

The most beneficial of so - called omega - 3 fatty acids are found only in fish, so growing omega -3-rich transgenic plants instead could increase public consumption while relieving pressure on fisheries, researchers say.

«At present, there is little direct evidence demonstrating that electronic alcohol screening and brief counseling intervention has a meaningful population - level effect on excessive alcohol consumption or related harms in any group, and therefore its utility as a stand - alone public health approach is in doubt.

-- The purpose of the program is to provide grants to public and private institutions of higher education to carry out projects which will improve understanding of the effects of consumer behavior on energy consumption and conservation.

«We chose to focus on alcohol because even relatively small changes in alcohol consumption could have profound implications for public health, safety and related costs,» said lead author Katarína Guttmannová, a researcher in the UW's Social Development Research Group.

Wigley, in a private email not intended for public consumption, muses about «reopening the public comment period» for Michael's PhD (this is an allusion to Michaels calling for a reopening of the EPA's endangerment finding on CO2).

In a summary of the results, published online October 7 in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers also found that purchasing drinks as part of bundled meals was tied to the consumption on average of 82 more drink calories than when the drinks were purchased separately.

Dr. Ramirez was most recently a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a position that included improving public awareness of the chronic effects of excessive alcohol consumption and finding ways to prevent alcoholic liver disease.

The findings «highlight the urgency of educating the public, policymakers and health care professionals about high - risk drinking and alcohol use disorder, destigmatizing these conditions, and encouraging those who can not reduce their alcohol consumption on their own — despite substantial harm to themselves and others — to seek treatment,» Grant and her colleagues concluded.

In their publication, Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks, Dr. Sarah Kobylewski and Dr. Michael F. Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), provide fascinating research on numerous problems associated with the consumption of synthetic food dyes.

Representatives of the American Heart Association appeared on national television to inform the general public that the consumption of butter, lard, eggs, and beef leads to coronary heart disease.

Thus, the public may receive mixed messages from health authorities and agencies about the risks of routine mercury exposures, depending on whether the exposure involves dentistry, seafood consumption or vaccines.

Because of the high consumption of coffee, even small effects on cancer occurrence in persons could have a large impact on public health.

It's hard to want to put pictures of yourself up on the internet for public consumption when all you can focus on in a picture is the hair that's out of place, the way a shirt wrinkles on camera that you didn't notice in real life, or the fact you forgot to throw on the earrings you meant to shoot.

Modest Dressing, as a Virtue (The New York Times) «In a vulnerable, volatile time — perhaps one particularly so for women — figure - obscuring clothing serves as a kind of armour, as well as a retort to a reality - TV - inured culture apparently intent on exposing any private moment, any intimate body part, for public consumption.»

No word yet on a release date, but the movie should be ready for public consumption within the next few months.

Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, data on school performance, disaggregated by racial / ethnic groups, special education and language status, and gender, are widely available, open to public consumption, and intended to lead to improvement.

Set to make its public debut at the Paris Motor Show in October, the first Mercedes - Benz dedicated plug - in hybrid model uses a new parallel gasoline - electric drivetrain that is claimed to net the big luxury sedan combined cycle consumption of 84 mpg (U.S.) on the European test cycle while providing it with a zero - emissions electric range of more than 20 miles.

The relaxing and calm environment encourages a similarly relaxed driving style, which of course will reduce the electricity consumption and the prospect of «range anxiety» for the driver — although this is never far from mind if you're forced to rely on the public charging network.

The motor show in the megacity on the East China Sea provides the setting for the first public appearance of the new MINI John Cooper Works Countryman (for the Chinese market combined fuel consumption: 7.4 l / 100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 175 g / km).

Based on the FCX Concept vehicle from 2006, the original Clarity was the first hydrogen fuel cell passenger car ever offered for general public consumption.

Declaring that a few per cent less fuel consumption throughout an entire model range gives the public and society in general more than a significant improvement of fuel economy on just one niche model, BMW has stated that it will implement spray - guided direct injection on all its gasoline models in the future, as well as regenerative braking and stop / start functionality.

However, putting lots of books out for public consumption doesn't mean skimping on quality.