Sentences with phrase «regulate for public health»

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Contrary to your organization's reporting, the articles (one discussing Hong Kong's laws and the other discussing the laws of the Philippines) clearly set forth the general presumption incorporated within the World Trade Organization Sanitary and Phytosanitary («SPS»), Technical Barriers to Trade («TBT») and Trade - Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights («TRIPS») Agreements, which clearly recognize that states possess and maintain the sovereign right to regulate for the purpose of protecting public health and the environment.

Erie County Department of Health is responsible for overseeing and regulating public drinking water supplies» compliance with State and Federal standards.

«Under Administrator Pruitt, commonsense public health and environmental protections are being slated for elimination with no regard for scientific evidence and little justification beyond the wishes of regulated entities,» Tonko said in his opening remarks.

The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor - Awuah, has indicated that his Ministry is developing an Occupational Health and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public sHealth and Safety Bill which when passed, will establish an authority to regulate occupational health and safety issues at workplaces and public shealth and safety issues at workplaces and public spaces.

Public health departments regulate food service establishments, provide disease screening and treatment for communicable disease, offer prenatal care, regulate various aspects of the water supply, provide immunizations, and provide other services that can immediately improve population health, as well as improve population health over the longer term.

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have discovered that a particular type of protein (hormone) found in fat cells helps regulate how glucose (blood sugar) is controlled and metabolized (used for energy) in the liver.

«Even though tobacco shops have rarely been targeted by the police or community for intervention,» he added, «based on our data, we believe tobacco shops in urban communities of color should be regulated to improve community health in the same way as alcohol outlets and other public nuisances.»

In health care and energy, for example, the private sector holds the key technologies but the public sector is needed to finance research and development, to regulate sustainable practices (for example, for emissions reduction and primary health standards), and to ensure access for the poor.

Although kids can typically adjust their energy intake by regulating their food, Temple University public health professor Jennifer Fisher says, their surroundings and options may change that equation for kids in the same way that it does in adults.

«The currently available evidence indicates that the potential risks to public health from exposure to emissions associated with the shale gas extraction process are low if operations are properly run and regulated,» said John Harrison, director of PHE's center for radiation, chemical and environmental hazards.

* «Regulating toxic chemicals for public and environmental health» by Liza Gross and Linda S. Birnbaum et al. published in PLOS Biology on Monday 18 December 2017.

You are correct that stem cells are regulated by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) as human cells, tissues and cellular and tissue - based products (HCT / Ps) under the authority of Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, and the implementing regulations in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1271 (see http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/TissueTissueProducts/RegulationofTissues/ucm150485.htm and http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/TissueTissueProducts/QuestionsaboutTissues/ucm136323.htm for more information).

Abigael uses her passion for Public health to incorporate social - emotional learning, teaching students how to self - regulate and find activities that may help them achieve control, calm, and confidence.

Emergency management Military service Public safety Law enforcement Public interest law services Early childhood education (including licensed or regulated health care, Head Start, and state - funded pre-kindergarten) Public service for individuals with disabilities and the elderly Public health (including nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses in a clinical setting, and full - time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations and health care support occupations) Public education Public library services School library or other school - based services

16.25.1.6 OBJECTIVE: To promote, preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare by regulating the practice of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, bovine artificial insemination technicians, and bovine pregnancy diagnosis technicians; to establish the authority to take action against any licensee or permittee for failure to meet set minimum standards for licensure or permit certification as promulgated by the board; and to inspect and regulate veterinary facilities to further protect the public.

In 1997, the City Council revised the animal control ordinance to: require licensing of cats and dogs; require a kennel permit for more than four cats or four dogs; regulate the number of animals that may be adopted from the city shelter; define animal cruelty and animal nuisance; and give city officials authority to control potential public health threats.

New York officials crafting policy to regulate shale gas drilling amid unanswered health concerns will likely re-open the process to public hearings, essentially guaranteeing more momentum for the movement that has effectively stalled the industry's advancement into the Empire State for more than four years.

«The funding limitation will allow Congress to carefully and thoroughly debate a permanent clarification to the Clean Air Act to ensure it remains a strong tool for protecting public health by regulating and mitigating air pollutants, and that it is not transformed into a vehicle to impose a national energy tax,» explains Chairman Whitfield's press release.

But ancillary benefits are still benefits, and the White House has a good reason to hype them given that the legal rationale for the new regulations is rooted in the Clean Air Act, which gave the EPA the authority to regulate pollutants that «endanger public health and welfare.»

With a proposed rule on light - duty vehicles waiting in the wings, the agency issued today — opening day for the climate talks in Copenhagen — its «endangerment finding» concluding that GHGs pose a threat to both public health and welfare, tests required under the Clean Air Act in order to regulate emissions from point sources, such as power plants, manufacturing plants, and vehicles.

The public register for members of health regulatory colleges will include more information, including: any specified continuing education or remedial programs required by a panel of the ICRC; the status of every matter referred by the ICRC to the Discipline Committee, with a copy of the notice of specified allegations; and a notation and synopsis of a regulated health professional's acknowledgements or undertakings in relation to professional misconduct and incompetence.

Under s. 76 of the Health Professions Procedural Code (which is Schedule 2 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, SO 1991, c. 18), a College investigator has a power (under Part II of the Public Inquiries Act) to «inquire into and examine the practice of the member» and for that purpose may issue, without court authorization, a summons to require a person to give or produce relevant evidence to the investigator.

You'd be among the first to test them out before they're approved for the general public, so there's always some risk or adverse effects that could occur if you volunteer for experimentation; however, these are controlled environments where doses are regulated safely, and your health history is screened before signing up.