Sentences with phrase «reducing humans exposure»

In addition, you can read about the Zero Mercury Campaign and efforts to create a UNEP framework for reducing humans exposure to mercury.

The Food and Drug Administration does recommend taking «reasonable steps» to reduce human exposure to BPA in the food supply.

Follow these guidelines for 3 weeks after your cat comes home to eliminate or further reduce human exposure to radiation that is emitted by the cat and by radioiodine that is excreted by the cat in urine and saliva.

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.

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«While there is no cause for alarm, we advise residents to cooperate with us in our efforts to reduce the exposure to the virus, which can be debilitating to humans.»

Dave Skeval, the chair of the Onondaga County Deer and Management Advisory Committee, says the goal is to reduce human's exposure to the tick that carries the disease.

«Our results indicate that a wide range of POPs have been remobilized into the Arctic atmosphere over the past two decades as a result of climate change, confirming that Arctic warming could undermine global efforts to reduce environmental and human exposure to these toxic chemicals,» write the scientists, whose analysis was published yesterday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

«The results from this and other observational human studies support efforts to reduce Penta - BDE exposures, especially for pregnant women and young children,» says Lanphear.

«At least a dozen studies have shown the effects of phthalates on human reproduction,» says University of Rochester epidemiologist and biostatistician Shanna Swan, the lead author of a much - cited study that showed higher exposure to some phthalates in mothers correlates with reduced «anogenital distance» in newborn boys.

In order to speed the process and reduce the financial burden on small companies that dominate small tech start - ups, U.S. and Canadian researchers suggest that the United States should prioritize which materials should undergo the most rigorous testing based on what is already known about their toxicity as well as the potential human exposure.

«We could reduce most human and environmental exposures by eliminating uses of triclosan that are high volume, but of low benefit, such as inclusion in liquid hand soaps,» Hammock said.

«If we can identify where and why these extremely high levels of use are occurring, particularly near human settlements, policymakers and health workers can work to reduce extreme exposures near agricultural communities via information campaigns or farmer outreach,» Larsen explained.

Through «heart - on - a-chip» technology — modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure using microelectrodes — Lawrence Livermore researchers hope to ensure potentially lifesaving new drugs are safe and effective while reducing the need for human and animal testing.

Dr. Craft advocates for policies that increase energy efficiency, reduce exposure to toxic compounds, and improve human health.

Through «heart - on - a-chip» technology — modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure on functions of heart tissue using microelectrodes — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers hope to decrease the time needed for new drug trials and ensure potentially lifesaving drugs are safe and effective while reducing the need for human and animal testing.

Moreover, as pointed out by Johnston et al. [17], the increasing importance of Ag - NPs in the development of novel consumer materials intended for human exposure requires more in depth studies on toxicity mechanisms, as well as, on how silver particles interact with biological molecules and how different surface modifications can be used to reduce or eliminate possible toxic effects.

Exposure to common food additive carrageenan leads to reduced sulfatase activity and increase in sulfated glycosaminoglycans in human epithelial cells Check out this book: Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills

Toxins accumulate in the fat of animals (including humans) so we want to reduce our exposure of animal fats from unknown sources that could be contaminated with herbicides, pesticides and other man - made chemicals.

Among various food items, cow's milk and cheese had the highest correlation with incidence and mortality rate of these cancers» Children are at high risk «Among the exposure of humans, especially prepubertal children, to exogenous estrogens, we are particularly concerned with» These xenoestrogens from lactating preganant cattle (the majority of commercial cattle used for milk) significantly raised estrogen levels in male adults and reduced testosterone levels and did even more so in children.

Because they are responsive and may develop due to exposure to estrogen, both from our own estrogen and from human - made chemicals, it is vital to reduce excess estrogen and support healthy progesterone levels to balance out unopposed estrogen.

The donation will help protect 50,000 pets against the disease and help reduce the risk of human exposure in communities across the country.

[15] Feeding community cats would therefore seem to be an effective measure for reducing the likelihood of T. gondii exposure in both cats and, by extension, humans.

In contrast, cat management programs that include spaying, neutering and vaccination of community cats against rabies, are likely to immunize the cats that have the highest interaction with residents and thus reduce the risk of human rabies exposure.

It is important to minimize the contamination of environmental soil with the feces of infected animals so as to reduce the exposure hazard to both humans and other animals.

It is important to minimize the contamination of environmental soil with the feces of infected animals so as to reduce the exposure hazard to humans and other animals.

Your geographic circumstance is certainly concerning as far as supplies go, but making the decision to feed your dogs human grade food as compared to pet grade food (as goes into nearly all dry and canned dog and cat foods) will likely reduce exposure to toxins and carcinogens over the years.

Vaccinating not only protects your pet, but also reduces the risk of human exposure to the disease.

In addition to paying close attention to recent research on this potentially emerging disease in humans in the United States, we can play an active role in controlling mosquitoes and reducing chances of people and pets being bitten by Aedes mosquitoes through eliminating breeding sites, using repellents, and reducing exposure.

It will reduce exposure to the many toxins in plastic that pose a risk to human health, such as bisphenol A, styrene, lead, and phthalates, and you will have less plastic waste to send to landfill or recycling.

For example, although there are numerous benefits to urban greening, such as reducing the urban heat island effect while simultaneously promoting an active healthy lifestyle, 248,310,311 the urban planting of certain allergenic pollen producing species22 could increase human pollen exposure and allergic illness.

Vegetarians with a desire to reduce their exposure to neurotoxic substances (eg, PLOP, MMHg, and lead) should be aware of farming practices that introduce these pollutants into the human diet.

Together in equal partnerships with NGOs all over the region, she has focused on phasing out toxic chemicals and reducing harmful exposures to human health and the environment.

Together in equal partnerships with NGOs all over the region, Speranskaya has dedicated her career to phasing out toxic chemicals and reducing harmful exposures to human health and the environment.

This potentially means that human and environmental exposure could be greatly reduced by comparison to the American (11 %) and Canadian (6 %) facilities.