Sentences with phrase «reduces water borne»

Improving access to clean water reduces water borne illnesses and deaths and cuts the time spent collecting firewood and boiling dirty river water, giving families more time to work, study and play.

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Well, yeah... and I mean if what someone is really trying to achieve with this is to reduce practices that in any way, shape or form could indicate that someone bears them or their faith ill will... I don't think publicly humiliating people who would take the time to look up your dead ancestor's name and then take the time to drive to a temple and then get immersed in water on their behalf so that they (by their belief) have the option to accept your religion post mortem is really misguided and contrary to the spirit of freedom of religion in what it advocates.

The agenda must address universal health - care coverage, access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.

As a result of atmospheric patterns that both warmed the air and reduced cloud cover as well as increased residual heat in newly exposed ocean waters, such melting helped open the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time [see photo] this summer and presaged tough times for polar bears and other Arctic animals that rely on sea ice to survive, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Swimming is not a good weight - bearing exercise because water reduces the effect of gravity and there is less weight demand put on muscles and bones.

(There's a point here, bear with me...) I remembered very long ago a splash was made about the cholesterol - reducing, possible plaque - shrinking benefits of a water - soluble fiber called Profibe (C) made by Cerburg Industries.

We provide corporations that are seeking to reduce their carbon footprint with the business case to engage in environmental sustainability projects that produce reductions in atmospheric carbon, along with water - borne nitrogen and phosphorous.

Whether in our pool or on our underwater treadmill, water provides buoyancy for reduced stress to joints while allowing for more comfortable weight bearing or, in the case of the pool, no weight bearing at all.

The study was too limited to clarify whether the warming Arctic climate and related summer expansion of open water in the Arctic Ocean is necessitating more long swims — or whether that is reducing the bear's survival rate or reproductive success.

Examples include greater likelihood of injury, disease, and death due to more intense heat waves and fires; increased likelihood of under - nutrition resulting from diminished food production in poor regions; risks from lost work capacity and reduced labor productivity in vulnerable populations; and increased risks from food - and water - borne diseases.

Researchers also have noticed that the membrane of Streptomyces lividans cells let only some ions through, and by studying how the cell membranes function, scientists could come up with better membranes for water purification, reducing the occurrence of water - borne illnesses.

It is a very complex issue with no clear cut answers however as it is critical for polar bears to have both ice and water any reduction of sea ice is going to reduce the population over the next few decades.

By drilling new wells, the project provides improved access to clean drinking water, reducing the risk of water - borne diseases.

The Clean Water Protection Act is a bill in the US House of Representatives which will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining by protecting our headwater streams, where our rivers, like the Mississippi and the Ohio, are born.

Clean water and sanitation: Many projects reduce emissions by alleviating the need to boil water prior to use within households, and help to achieve a reliable clean water supply, thereby minimizing the risk of spreading water - borne diseases.

Gender equality: Many projects reduce emissions by alleviating the need to boil water prior to use within households, and help to achieve a reliable clean water supply, thereby minimizing the risk of spreading water - borne diseases.

This includes reducing exposure to water - borne disease, and harmful smoke and pollutants which may result in respiratory diseases.

According to the recent Nature Geoscience research — which was led by Wayne Wurtsbaugh, a Utah State University professor of watershed sciences — this demand for water has significantly reduced input from Great Salt Lake's three primary supply rivers, the Bear, Jordan and Weber.

As established in the 2016 U.S. Climate and Health Assessment — The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment — the resulting changes in our climate are creating conditions that harm human health through extreme weather events, reduced air and water quality, increases in infectious and vector - borne diseases, and other mechanisms.

Food availability per capita and access to clean water have risen dramatically over the past half - century, reducing malnutrition and water - borne diseases and increasing life expectancy.

As the amount of melt water reduces, the annual crop of river - borne logs is diminishing causing the natives to turn to fossil fuels and putting the livelihoods of already poor people under even more threat.