Sentences with phrase «public health of citizens»

EPA's statutorily prescribed, affirmative duty under the Clean Water Act to protect the natural environment and the public health of citizens played second fiddle to the concerns of coal mining representatives at a July 14 House Oversight subcommittee hearing.

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«As well, ISDS puts a serious chill on the ability of governments at all levels to enact legislation and public policies that protect the health and well - being of citizens or promote sustainable development.

The Harper government's budget cuts target crucial public services that ensure the health, safety and well - being of citizens.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

In a nation that devotes nearly 14 percent of its GNP to health care, more than 40 million citizens (one - sixth of the population, most of whom are not officially impoverished) lack private or public health care insurance.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

Comprised of health professionals from hospitals, clinics, state - level public health departments, and universities, concerned parents and citizens, and volunteers from community organizations, each member contributes time, energy, and expertise to activities that support breastfeeding in Pennsylvania.

Additional testimony also in support came from the American Civil Liberties Union - New Hampshire, Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin King, The New Hampshire Citizens Alliance, the New Hampshire Breastfeeding Rights Coalition, the New Hampshire Departments of Labor and Public Health, the NHBTF, the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center and New Hampshire Voices for Health.

Pharmaceutical products and technological innovation play important roles in the advancement of medicine in the United States, leading to improvements in public health and extended lives for our citizens.

Early strips seem to predict the extremes of the current public health debate, with judges treating sugar as seriously as cocaine or herding citizens into «smokatoriums» for their cigarettes.

«This is a hate campaign, not a public health campaign,» said Audrey Silk, the founder of Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment, who warned of conflicts if the law is enforced.

While we recognize that gun ownership is legal, and that most gun owners are responsible citizens, we nevertheless regard the proliferation of guns in our communities as a major public health problem with devastating consequences for children and their families.

I know what needs to be done in this department to build on the good things that are taking place while making the appropriate adjustments that will benefit all aspects of Public Health and the citizens of Oneida County.»

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.

After conferring with emergency officials, Picente made the declaration in order to preserve public safety and render all required and available assistance vital to the security, well - being and health of the citizens of Oneida County.

Bobbie Sackman, director of public policy at LiveON NY, a senior citizen advocacy organization, said the Cuomo proposal would lead to a cut in the number of meals served to the city's aging population as well as a reduction in services, including social activities, eviction assistance and help with health care.

«We will continue to advance the latest treatment technologies to ensure our public drinking water systems are safeguarded from these unregulated chemicals that threaten the health of citizens and the environment,» Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a news release announcing the approval of the Suffolk system.

The government hopes the introduction of citizen's juries and greater use of petitions and consultations will lead to lowered crime, improved public health and an end to disillusionment with politics.

«We need something better... that will bring us cleaner, safer bays and public health protection,» said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

«Informing citizens about the health of the nation and discussing pivotal science and policy issues such as mental health, chronic and emerging diseases and other public health threats, and vaccine research are important to not only advance the national dialogue but also improve the country's overall well - being.»

This would be of benefit to both the individual and public health and can empower citizens to become better aware of their vaccination status and needs.»

More than two - thirds of uninsured children with immigrant parents are US citizens, according to an analysis of nationwide survey data by Eric E. Seiber, PhD, of The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus.

We believed there was an urgent threat to public health, and no one else seemed to be doing anything to help the citizens of Flint.

«In addition to a proper diet, the results suggest that in order to achieve a profound change in the behaviour of citizens towards healthy lifestyles, public bicycle systems such as Valenbisi play a strategic role in promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molina.

Promoting development of clinical research in genetics and genomics aimed at resolving citizens» health problems, within the framework of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA), National Health System (SNS) and equivalent enthealth problems, within the framework of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA), National Health System (SNS) and equivalent entHealth System (SSPA), National Health System (SNS) and equivalent entHealth System (SNS) and equivalent entities.

She is conducting clinical trials testing the effect of nutrition and lifestyle interventions to treat MS.. She is also committed to teaching the public and medical community about the healing power of the Paleo diet and therapeutic lifestyle changes to restore health and vitality to our citizens.

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning people of the risks of Salmonella infection associated with contact with live Official site of the City of Philadelphia, includes information on municipal services, permits, licenses, records for citizens and businesses

Politics is part of their world, and some of the issues that have recently galvanized public debate — health care, addiction, crime, tensions between the police and African - American citizens — figure prominently in «Quest.»

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Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee have led the process to develop legislation that addresses both equity and excellence to help our school boards provide the high - quality public education that all our children deserve and need to be successful adults and citizens.»

Vermont: A citizen activist has filed suit in Washington County superior court demanding that a government contractor disclose how $ 85 million of public money was spent on developing information technology used in Vermont's health care system.

These and similar effort have now been replicated in more than 100 cities, showing that even mundane public races might make a big difference in the health and well - being of citizens, if not the entire U.S. economy.

«Many citizens and public officials have voiced concerns about the public health issues and wildlife issues involved in hoarding large numbers of cats in the wild.

Our mission is to promote public health and safety for the citizens of Live Oak and their pets through education and enforcement.

Public health experts who work on the «shale fields» among impacted citizens have been ringing alarm bells: «I don't know if I have ever seen a problem as widespread as this with as little information collected about it, and as relaxed an attitude in terms of the sense of urgency, in the sense of responsibility on the part of the state and federal governments, and for that matter, the drilling industry,» cautioned a seasoned public health toxicologist David Brown from Southwest Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush StPublic health experts who work on the «shale fields» among impacted citizens have been ringing alarm bells: «I don't know if I have ever seen a problem as widespread as this with as little information collected about it, and as relaxed an attitude in terms of the sense of urgency, in the sense of responsibility on the part of the state and federal governments, and for that matter, the drilling industry,» cautioned a seasoned public health toxicologist David Brown from Southwest Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush Sthealth experts who work on the «shale fields» among impacted citizens have been ringing alarm bells: «I don't know if I have ever seen a problem as widespread as this with as little information collected about it, and as relaxed an attitude in terms of the sense of urgency, in the sense of responsibility on the part of the state and federal governments, and for that matter, the drilling industry,» cautioned a seasoned public health toxicologist David Brown from Southwest Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush Stpublic health toxicologist David Brown from Southwest Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush Sthealth toxicologist David Brown from Southwest Environmental Health Project in my interview for Gas Rush StHealth Project in my interview for Gas Rush Stories.

The declaration should also guarantee procedural rights of peoples and communities, in particular access to environmental information, public participation in decision making and access to judicial remedies, in order to enable citizens and communities to play an active role in protecting their health and environment from air pollution.

Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said, «Over the century, the oil and gas industry has amassed an injurious track record of oil spills and other environmental disasters, which have had significant, lasting impacts on our environment and public health.

Lois Gibbs on the implications of Love Canal, her experience as an environmental and public health activist, and how citizens must make their voices heard in order to protect their health.

When water management decisions are based on generating profit instead of protecting public and environmental health, the average citizen and the ecosystem pay the greatest price,» said Julia DeGraw, Northwest Organizer for Food & Water Watch.

The senators also took Shaw to task for his vote to renew permits for Asarco's copper smelter in El Paso and for one that denied citizens a hearing on the public health impacts of a cement kiln in Midlothian, near Fort Worth.

Not counting carbon emissions from burning the coal, scientists, environmentalists, and concerned citizens along coal transport routes are worried that these cumulative impacts will harm public health, disrupt their daily lives, and negatively impact the ecological health of waterways along the path from mine to port.

«This is something that is important for all of us as parents, as grandparents, and as citizens,» Obama told health professionals and public health advocates on the call.

About the William J. Clinton Foundation Building on a lifetime of public service, President Bill Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the environment by fostering partnerships among governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private citizens to turn good intentions into measurable results.

1) As citizens engaged in a profession that depends upon freedom for its health and integrity, professors have an articular obligation to promote conditions of free inquiry and to further public understanding of academic freedom.

«The Province has ignored evidence of ongoing coal contamination, rejected the pleas of public health officials, dismissed citizens» and First Nations» call for an independent environmental assessment of this project, and refused to apply its own pollution prevention laws under the Environmental Management Act.

Putting these objectives into practice, Article 28 of the Directive requires in its first paragraph that before taking an expulsion decision based on «public policy or public security», factors to be taken into account by a Member State are the period of residence, age, state of health, family and economic situation, social and cultural integration into the host Member State and the extent of links with the country of origin of the EU citizen.

Building a public understanding of the importance of legal health and the predictability of legal issues throughout one's life will benefit individuals and will transform the access to justice conversation into an issue relevant to citizens, decision makers, and voters.

To accomplish this we need to do a much better job of connecting A2C and other outcomes in the minds of the general public: under - clothed citizens» health will decline from overexposure to the elements (both cold and sun), further taxing the health care system; families may fall apart under the stress and embarrassment of making and wearing their own clothing; those children forced to attend school in their birthday suits may be permanently traumatized or choose to play hookey rather than be subjected to the shame of conspicuous under - consumption.

The Department of State is alerting U.S. Citizens that WHO and CDC have provided interim guidance to public health authorities, airlines, and other partners in West Africa.