Sentences with phrase «reducing exposure to water»

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

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Organic agriculture protects the health of people and the planet by reducing overall exposure to toxic chemicals from synthetic pesticides that can end up in the ground, air, water and food supply, and that are associated with health consequences, from asthma to cancer.

Running the water for 15 to 30 seconds and only using cold water can help reduce your baby's exposure to lead from tap water.

My family uses eco-friendly and chic stainless steel water bottles to reduce landfill and our exposure to the chemicals in plastics.

Running the water to ensure a fresh flow and only using cold water can help reduce your baby's exposure to lead from tap water.

In communities with elevated levels of PFOA and / or PFOS, the state is actively working with local officials to install filtration systems to remove contaminants, identify alternative water sources and / or take other appropriate actions to reduce exposure.

For instance, avoiding canned foods and disposable water bottles and buying BPA - free plastics, can reduce exposure to BPA.

Unlike many tropical plants that close the pores on their leaves at midday to reduce sun exposure, mangroves remain active, absorbing heat to prevent evaporation of the shallow waters they depend on.

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.

Since we largely can't control what is in the water supply, the only option I've found to help avoid chlorine exposure in our home is to take measures to reduce or remove the chlorine coming in so we aren't drinking or bathing in it.

Therefore, it is important to reduce your exposure to chemicals in food, air, personal care products, and water while increasing your intake of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients to prevent damage.

A lot of these toxins can be eliminated as we discussed above through eating organic foods, drinking spring or filtered water and reducing exposure to EMF frequencies.

Avoiding refined carbohydrates, Drinking lots of water, Moderate protected exposure to natural sunlight, all help to reduce hunger.

Make an effort to reduce your exposure to endocrine disruptors by «cleaning and greening» your cosmetics and household products — and swap those plastic food containers or water bottles for glass and stainless steel.

Take a close look at your air, water, food, and personal care products to see how you can reduce exposures such as eating organic, using natural cleaning products, drinking filtered water, and choosing non-toxic skincare products.

It's been estimated by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)(a non-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide exposure from produce by almost 90 percent by avoiding the «dirty dozen.»

Filtering drinking water and eating certified organic fruits and vegetables can help to reduce exposure.

This relaxation along with the water exposure, allows the perenium to gently stretch, thus reduces the incidence of tearing.

It is important to reduce your exposure to flouride and the other chemical toxins in typical tap water.

To dramatically reduce your exposure, opt for foods that are certified USDA Organic and drink spring water from a trusted source.

Many exposures are largely unavoidable but there are simple changes that can be made to reduce toxins through diet, air, water, cosmetics, and household products.

This reduced cooking time can mean less loss of water - soluble nutrients due to reduced time of exposure to heat and water.

You can take steps to reduce your dog's exposure to mosquitoes by eliminating standing water where mosquitoes breed.

Organic products reduce public health risks to farm workers, their families, and consumers by minimizing their exposure to toxic and persistent chemicals on the farm and in food, the soil in which they work and play, the air they breathe, and the water they drink.

This includes projects that provide safe drinking water to communities, so they no longer have to boil water, the provision of clean energy to rural communities, support for sustainable agriculture that improves yields and incomes or more efficient cookstoves that save families money on fuel bills and reduce their exposure to toxic fumes.

This is a product of water's surface exposure (virtually infinite during creation of snow and reduced to 2 dimensional surface during melt or sublimation), self insulation, albedo and perhaps many other factors.

Combined with information on power generation, water risks, and future projections of energy and water demand, this paper quantifies the Indian thermal power sector's water demand, assesses its exposure to water stress, and evaluates opportunities for reducing water requirements while supporting power growth for the future.

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.

The EPA's seminal achievements over almost 50 years include removing lead from gasoline; reducing acid rain to improve water quality; reducing second - hand smoke exposure; improving vehicle efficiency and emission controls; and encouraging a shift to rethinking of wastes as materials.

Going forward, electricity decisions should meet water - smart criteria that point decision makers to options that make sense locally, are cost - effective, and reduce both carbon emissions and exposure to water - related risks.

Reducing local pesticide use can improve drinking water quality and reduce human exposures to neurotoxins (especially for farmworkers), biking instead of driving reduces carbon emissions and petroleum extraction and makes us exercise, and eating organic whenever possible improves drinking water quality and farm health and significantly reduces our dose of neurotoxins.