Sentences with phrase «public hazard of»

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He currently a communications consultant in the nonprofit, and is now with In The Public Interest, a group dedicated to highlighting the hazards of the privatization of public serPublic Interest, a group dedicated to highlighting the hazards of the privatization of public serpublic services.

And outside of the group there has been some grumbling among the public about «moral hazard» and debtors getting a free ride.

«We're still dealing with the aftermath of layoffs in the coal industry,» said Michael Cornett, director of agency expansion and public relations of the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, a nonprofit, federally funded workforce development organization established in 1968 and headquartered in Hazard.

Stress, as defined by the Jobs Rated methodology, is determined by 11 factors: travel, deadlines, working in the public eye, competitiveness, physical demands, environmental conditions, hazards encountered, the life of oneself or others at risk, meeting and interacting with customers and / or the public, and the potential for job growth.

At Campi Flegrei itself, an additional obstacle to effective warning is a low public awareness of volcanic hazard compared with the perceived threat from microseismicity50, 51.

The real problem with retrospective review of rules is that it prevents agencies from moving forward to protect the public from new and unregulated hazards.

Eden Hazard was widely considered — by the English public at least — as one of the best players in the world, while the on - field partnership between Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa — although it had become slightly less impressive in the second half of the campaign — was still hyped to high heaven.

The public breakdown of Jose Mourinho's relationship with his players, and some of his staff, an ageing squad being one year older, the poor form of Eden Hazard and other key figures.

Problem - plagued septic systems can cause nasty puddles of raw sewage to surface in homeowners» yards, presenting a public health hazard.

Forest preserve district naturalist Lynn Kurczewski said this park is closed to the public because of hazards posed by dilapidated structures on the property.

She also cited a report from 2014 in which the city inspected 36 apartments of the 177,666 apartments in the public housing system, or less than 1 percent of units, and found one lead paint hazard.

In that earlier fact sheet, the state asserted that the discovery of the cancer - linked chemical in the public village water supply «does not constitute an immediate health hazard.»

He writes that governments now recognise that national security in the turbulent conditions of the early 21st century must centre on the creation of public confi dence that normal life can continue even in the face of threats such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons and mass destruction and natural hazards.

Our staff, the City of North Tonawanda Zoning Ordinance and the New York State Fire Prevention and Building Codes are here to protect the public from hazards of fire, inadequate building construction, and to provide for the health and safety of the citizens of North Tonawanda.

We'd be hazarding our precious low interest rates on a change of course that would put those rates up in the full knowledge that any extra billion pounds of public spending would be wiped out by billions of pounds more in higher interest costs for families, businesses, and taxpayers.

Environmental Experts Warn of the Dangers of Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed is a public health hazard that ranks higher than poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac in respect to its potential to harm humans.

He also believes that public safety is a huge priority, and wants to meet with all of the schoolbus drivers to get their input on what they see as potential hazards or dangers on the roads as they drive schoolchildren to and from their homes.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has called the consumption of fish from the lake a «public health hazard.»

Dr. Gayle Jones, Oneida County Director of Health, emphasizes the importance of bringing home the message warning of the hazards of lead poisoning and educating the public on ways to prevent it must go beyond this week.

The accumulated burden and hazards of untreated mental illness is a critical public health issue for all Americans.

According to previous research by Galetti's group, feral pigs and cross-bred pig - boars are a public health hazard because they have become a major source of food for vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) and have thereby fueled an increase in this rabies vector.

The project also will examine disaster preparedness, bringing in social scientists to assess how well communities around Kīlauea and Long Valley are prepared today and to identify better ways of communicating information on possible hazards to the public.

On the crowded streets of Tokyo, that could be a public - health hazard in its own right.

But, currently, public warning researchers are each carving out little hazard niches (hurricanes, wildfires, hazmat), as well as single dimensions of the warning problem (timing them, delimiting risk zones, selecting protective actions).

A group of risk experts is proposing a new framework and research agenda that they believe will support the most effective public warnings when a hurricane, wildfire, toxic chemical spill or any other environmental hazard threatens safety.

Public concerns about nuclear power have traditionally centered on two issues: the risk of widespread radioactive fallout from an accident and the hazards of nuclear waste.

It would seem reasonable to appoint undersecretaries to the mandated positions in Science and in Intelligence who have appropriate science backgrounds and could contribute to policy decisions about hazard detection and amelioration, immigration, and public health (epidemiology and microbiology), which are all topics that invite the use of scientific resources.

The researchers from a consortium of U.S. universities, with collaborators from industry and the public sector, are performing the tests on the UC San Diego shake table, the largest outdoor shake table in the world.The facility is part of NHERI@UCSD, an experimental facility at UC San Diego funded by the National Science Foundation as part of its Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) program.

And now an editorial in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine takes the position that unhealthy eating associated with unusual working hours could be considered a new form of occupational hazard.

The engineers suggest that commercialisation, privatisation and contracting out of these services could pose serious hazards to the public.

«Many countries are at risk of serious public health hazards due to lack of basic sanitation,» said Joan Rose, Homer Nowlin Chair in water research at Michigan State University.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization of 66,000 pediatricians, has repeatedly advocated for stricter gun laws, violence prevention programs, research for gun violence prevention and public health surveillance, physician counseling to patients on the health hazards of firearms and mental health access to address exposure to violence.

Speakers will discuss the contributions of the marine and environmental sciences communities in assessing and communicating to the public and policymakers the effects of similar disasters in ROK and the United States, where nuclear reactors are at risk from similar natural hazards.

«Riding as a cyclist in Toronto you always feel that streetcar tracks are a hazard, and we all have our near misses, but our study is one of the first to put a number to this risk,» said Anne Harris, assistant professor in the school of occupational and public health at Ryerson University.

Despite their crucial role in a hazard - prone country like Italy, and the demand for effective communication to the public, Italian scientists «have never received any formal training in the communication of science and of natural hazards,» he notes.

«The currently available evidence indicates that the potential risks to public health from exposure to emissions associated with the shale gas extraction process are low if operations are properly run and regulated,» said John Harrison, director of PHE's center for radiation, chemical and environmental hazards.

At the opposite end of precipitation extremes, drought also poses risks to public health and safety.192 Drought conditions may increase the environmental exposure to a broad set of health hazards including wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat events, flash flooding, degraded water quality, and reduced water quantity.

We're rolling out new workshops and webinars on topics like Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) and computational seismology, providing enhanced support for student and early - career members, and creating a strong network of advocates for geosciences — more important now than ever before — through our public policy programs in Washington, D.C. Membership is an introduction to a growing and global community preparing for our first joint meeting with the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission in April 2018.

Applied research and public policy analysis focused on marine pollution, coastal zone management and coastal economies, coastal hazard management, shore protection, recreational fisheries, and development of nonmarket good methods.

11/17/2008 California's Public Hospitals and Firefighters Urge Diligence to Prevent Winter - Related House Fires and Injuries Hospitals and firefighters see increase in burns, smoke inhalation due to winter hazards; urge stronger precautions Oakland, CA, November 17, 2008 — The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) and its member... More...

applications to improve management of marine resources, mitigate coastal hazards, and raise public awareness of ocean issues; government affairs for marine and coastal sciences

The Seismological Society of America supports the reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and urges Congress to reauthorize and fully fund this critical public safety legislation.

According to the researchers, depression, obesity and sleep disorders ought to be priorities with regards to the prevention of the medical issues and public safety hazards related to this excessive daytime sleepiness.

«The application of pesticides may therefore not only be a chemical hazard, but also a microbiological hazard for public health.»

Whey is actually a junk food, it is literally a scrap from the dairy industry and considered an environmental hazard so they have to find new ways to «responsibly» get rid of it and what better way than SELLING this toxic crap to the public?

Only 25 % of the products that the EWG looked at fell into the «low hazard» category, compared to 40 % of products that are marketed to the general public.

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Washington — More detailed warnings of the potential health hazards of smoking, as well as better education efforts, could help discourage children and adolescents from ever taking up the habit, according to medical and public - health experts testifying at recent Congressional hearings here.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency, by failing to place a high priority on the problem of asbestos in schools, is to blame for the low level of public awareness of the hazards of the substance and the consequent failure of many local school officials to act promptly upon identifying problems, an agency management team has concluded.