Sentences with phrase «public health harms»

«E-cigarettes will likely cause more public health harm than public health benefit unless ways can be found to substantially decrease the number of adolescents and young adults who vape and increase the number of smokers who use e-cigarettes to successfully quit smoking,» says Soneji.

Not exact matches

«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

«While San Francisco policymakers pursue common sense regulation of standup electronic scooters to enhance the public benefit of this new shared mobility technology and to reduce potential harm to the public, state legislators seek to eliminate elements of the Vehicle Code that exist to protect the health and safety of members of the public including users of standup electric scooters,» Peskin wrote in his resolution.

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 cycle of poverty and deforestation harms critically important ecosystems and imperils the public health and cultural traditions of communities that live in and near forests — not to mention the future development of potentially life - saving medicines.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, American Beverage Association President and CEO Susan Neely points to new research providing further proof that beverage taxes harm communities and explains how America's beverage companies are taking comprehensive actions to achieve our shared goal of better public health.

There is mounting evidence that beverage taxes cost jobs and harm local businesses but do nothing to move the needle on public health.

The Faculty of Public Health and a coalition of public health groups, including Sustain, are supporting a Lords amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, called the «Do No Harm» amendment, and tabled by Crossbench Peer Lord WPublic Health and a coalition of public health groups, including Sustain, are supporting a Lords amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, called the «Do No Harm» amendment, and tabled by Crossbench Peer Lord WHealth and a coalition of public health groups, including Sustain, are supporting a Lords amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, called the «Do No Harm» amendment, and tabled by Crossbench Peer Lord Wpublic health groups, including Sustain, are supporting a Lords amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, called the «Do No Harm» amendment, and tabled by Crossbench Peer Lord Whealth groups, including Sustain, are supporting a Lords amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, called the «Do No Harm» amendment, and tabled by Crossbench Peer Lord Warner.

Difficulties for women who choose to formula feed under such a system must be weighed against the fact that free and easily accessible formula leads to unnecessarily supplementation and the harm that this causes to public health.

As a public health professional I believe that this is a case of «a little bit of knowledge will harm you.»

However, there is enough evidence to conclude there is a risk from arsenic, and given the fact that exposures are widespread, from a public health standpoint, waiting to act until additional studies are conducted will fail protect children from potentially irreversible harm.

The possible benefits or harms resulting from exclusive pumping merit careful study,» a recent commentary in the American Journal of Public Health noted.

It has split between the harm minimisation lobby, which has welcomed them, and the puritanical wing, whose assessment of smoking and anti-smoking policy is based on symbolism and imagery, like a Catholicism mass of public health.

In the face of growing public concern about price promotions and underage drinking the government has taken steps to reduce alcohol - related harms on health and crime and disorder, which together cost over # 10 billion every year.

Despite the «good job» in recent years by the Department of Health and Home Office, Mr Shenker said regulation of the drinks industry had been «very poor» and «producing huge levels of harm to the public».

These include: · Restricting trade hours of on - licence venues to limit the availability of alcohol in the early hours of the morning · Enhancing community involvement, better facilitating the engagement of local residents with licensing systems · Adding / prioritising public health and / or harm minimisation objectives in alcohol legislation · Restricting the sales of high risk products in areas of concern; and · Deprioritising government support for industry voluntary schemes in place of policies supported by evidence.

Nevertheless, the ACMD emphasised that in their opinion the use of cannabis was «a significant public health issue» which could «unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society».

Public Health England also recently identified raising duty as one of the most cost - effective ways to reduce alcohol - related harm.

«LPG fracturing returns polluting products to the surface that must be properly handled and disposed, in this case, flammable gases that would have to be collected in pressurized tanks or flared — a step generating air emissions and leaks that can harm public health and safety,» they wrote.

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.

Because of your relentless effort and fierce commitment to keep fracking from polluting our water, air and harming our health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York State.

Kirsty Williams AM has slammed the Labour government for trying to ban the use of e-cigarettes despite evidence saying this could harm public health.

The law broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, increased penalties for illegal gun possession, reduced public access to gun permit information and required mental health professionals to report concerns about a gun - owning patient who posed a risk of harming himself or others.

His agenda, particularly dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as rolling back climate and public health protections that New Yorkers benefit from, disproportionately harms low - income communities of color.

By leaving their engines idling for long periods, drivers contribute to air pollution, waste fuel, and produce noise and fumes that harm the environment and public health.

A «harm reduction» approach to public health, rather than an abstinence or look - the - other - way policy, scored another win this month when the California state legislature gave the green light to a bill that would provide condoms for adult prison inmates.

«Public health efforts are needed to raise university administration and student population awareness of the harms that indoor tanning poses to young adults in order to increase demand for policy - related action.

They also accord with the conclusions of previous expert reports that aggressively targeting alcohol harms is a valid and necessary public health strategy.»

«After careful consideration of my responsibility to protect the public health and environment from actual, threatened or potential harm from air pollution, I have decided to deny the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation application for an air quality permit,» Roderick Bremby, KDHE secretary, said in a written statement.

Exposure to pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy in particular raises the risk of harm to a child's lungs, underlining the multiple public health benefits of policies to reduce exposure to air pollution, say researchers.

Since 2006, the number of industry - sponsored clinical trials studying the benefits and harms of medical treatments has risen dramatically, while the number of clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has fallen substantially, according to new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research.

«The CMA continues to recommend a broad public health policy approach focused on preventing problematic drug use; ensuring the availability of assessment and treatment services for those who wish to stop using; and harm reduction to increase the safety for those who are using.»

Even the U.S. Public Health Service, which maintains that dental amalgams cause no harm, notes in a consumer update that ongoing studies «will require several years of follow - up in order to detect any subtle and long - range health effects.&Health Service, which maintains that dental amalgams cause no harm, notes in a consumer update that ongoing studies «will require several years of follow - up in order to detect any subtle and long - range health effects.&health effects.»

In a letter to the Guardian, the scientists wrote that «the ACMD clearly recommended — for the third time in the last six years — that cannabis remains a class C drug, and did so after examining all the available and latest evidence on short - and long - term health risks, as well as social harms, public attitudes and policing priorities.»

Dr Eleni Papadopoulou, lead author from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said: «The concern for harm to the fetus caused by radio frequency electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by mobile phones, is mainly driven by reports from experimental animal studies with inconsistent results.

Schegelskaya's name is also on a list of 13 people, including Vannoni, who have been under investigation since 2009 by a prosecutor in Turin for fraud, conspiracy, and allegedly administering drugs that could harm public health.

The three machines in service — only one of which appears to have been seriously damaged in the quake — contain partly burned fuel that could harm the environment and endanger public health.

A report by the union in 2013 found that 86 % of federal scientists felt that they could not publicly share concerns about government policies that could harm public health, safety, or the environment without facing retaliation from their department leaders.

«These problems are exacerbated because online media exists forever, meaning more people are being exposed to the series» potential harms even now,» added Eric Leas, a recent graduate of the SDSU joint doctoral program in public health and coauthor.

Permanent staff in the Senate want reforms compelling public disclosure of documents that come to light during discovery, where they show evidence of a product's potential to harm public health.

«We now know a great deal about the harm from the emissions from fossil fuels,» said Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health.

«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.»

«Overall, our results suggest a connection between opioid and heroin use and heroin - related adverse outcomes at the population level, implying that frequent nonmedical users of prescription opioids, regardless of race or ethnicity, should be the focus of public health efforts to prevent and mitigate the harms of heroin use.»

Although Zika causes no harm in most people it infects, its possible role in clusters of microcephaly in babies and Guillain - Barré syndrome in adults led the World Health Organization on 1 February to declare that it is a «public health emergency of international concern.&Health Organization on 1 February to declare that it is a «public health emergency of international concern.&health emergency of international concern.»

«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.

May it serve as a warning not only to policymakers, but also to researchers, clinicians, peer reviewers, journal editors, and journalists of the need to consider the harm to scientific credibility and public health when dealing with studies funded by food companies with vested interests in the results — and to find better ways to fund such studies and to prevent, disclose and manage potentially conflicted interests,» writes Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., of New York University, in a related commentary.

Matthew Hickman, Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine and lead author of the study, said: «Scaling up HCV treatment is critical to the prevention of HCV in the population to support and enhance traditional harm reduction measures — opiate substitution treatment and needle exchange.

One of the ethical justifications for incorporating biomedical advances in clinical practice and public health is that the benefits to individuals and / or populations outweigh the potential harms.

But with colleagues in harm's way and in the face of a growing public health threat, researchers in Broad Institute Member Pardis Sabeti's lab were determined to overcome such obstacles.

Existing literature on infectious disease policy, ethics, and law, outside the context of genomics, describes the potential for stigmatization of individuals or subpopulations, the challenge of balancing individual interests and protections (for example, privacy, autonomy, freedom of movement) against risks of harm to others and to public health, issues of justice, and employer or health professional obligations [27], [28].