Sentences with phrase «public health hazard»

It's no surprise that a sudden summer heat wave can kill the elderly; it's a serious public health hazard that will only grow as the world warms.

The resolution condemning the Pilgrim Pipeline project as an environmental risk and public health hazard carries no legal weight.

The emergency manager will have discretion over the full $ 550 million, but also over any city funds used to abate public health hazards.

Now follow up lab tests have demonstrated that controlled doses of the versatile chemical compound could be even more effective in dealing with cyanobacteria commonly known as blue green algae — a major public health hazard and potentially fatal to dogs and livestock.

«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.

As international agencies scramble to bring shelter and supplies to the typhoon - impacted areas, the country is facing formidable public health hazards.

500, 107 L.Ed.2 d 503 (1989)(«pit bull dogs represent a unique public health hazard ․ [possessing] both the capacity for extraordinarily savage behavior ․ [a] capacity for uniquely vicious attacks ․ coupled with an unpredictable nature» and that «[o] f the 32 known human deaths in the United States due to dog attacks ․ [in the period between July 1983 and April 1989], 23 were caused by attacks by pit bull dogs»).

This highly - destructive mining for coal not only destroys entire mountains and related ecosystems, but buries streams, contaminates watersheds and presents significant public health hazards.

Blowing dust, laden with pesticides and other chemicals, is routinely scoured from the dry lake bed and poses a severe public health hazard.

Leavitt, Yamane & Soldner's blog includes posts about personal injury cases in Hawaii, policy changes affecting pedestrian and driver safety and information about public health hazards like the norovirus outbreaks.

So why do people think that pit bulls are a public health hazard?

The Salt Debate For decades, a sometimes furious battle has raged among scientists over the extent to which elevated salt consumption contributes to death, with one camp calling it a «public health hazard that requires vigorous attack» and another claiming the risks of dietary salt excess are exaggerated.

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

Over the past year, My Little Language School / Mi Pequeña Escuelita in Manhattan accumulated an astounding 74 violations, 12 of which were public health hazards.

City Council Member Daniel Dromm says it's a public health hazard.

Public health hazards that have been neglected by city officials and were found during the inspection, include mold and potential lead paint.

Environmental experts started warning people to be careful around the dangerous plant known as the Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed is a public health hazard that ranks up there higher than poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac in respect to its potential to harm humans.

Cuomo and G.O.P. Senate leader Dean Skelos have both expressed reservations over legalization of smoking because of city and state laws that ban smoking as a public health hazard.

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

Thanks to the Nanny State, nicotine abuse in this country is now perceived as a sign of opposition to the Government rather than a public health hazard, and is increasing.

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.

Such ships largely rely on heavy fuel oil, which both contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and is a public health hazard, containing as much as 1,800 times the sulfur of diesel fuel, says James Corbett, an expert in global shipping at the University of Delaware in Newark.

The plaintiffs are arguing that the U.S. government has failed to protect them from the public health hazards of climate change, despite decades - old research on and knowledge of the phenomenon.

In India, on the other hand, there's so much public defecation that it's a public health hazard.

Second, bringing a dog purchased off the street into your home with your family and other pets is a public health hazard.

STEPHEN COHN, MD, professor of surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center «I think this is a public health hazard, this particular dog.

Dog waste is a public health hazard, takes the pleasure out of outdoor activities and pollutes the environment.

However, our study found that serious aggression among dogs is surprisingly common for some breeds, and this also presents a public health hazard because people can get bitten trying to separate dogs that are fighting.»

It is a public health hazard and a personal risk to all pet owners and it is required by law that all dogs be vaccinated against rabies.

It is a public health hazard and a personal risk to all pet owners and it is required by law that all cats be vaccinated against rabies.

As a potential source of rabies and other less serious diseases, they can be a public health hazard.

Do industrial wind turbines situated in close proximity to residential areas create a public health hazard?

Aside from the significant climate benefits and long - term cost savings shown by this study, landfills which capture methane are safer and less of a public health hazard than those which do not.

But that does not necessarily mean the radioactivity poses a public health hazard; after all, some homes in Pennsylvania and New York have been built directly on Marcellus shale.