Sentences with phrase «risk to humans»

This is because rabies poses a serious risk to human health.

You may be aware that pesticides pose risks to human and environmental health and I am sure that you don't want them on your food!

Climate change is a pervasive source of risks to human systems, with potentially large impacts upon the economy, public health, and national security.

The health risks to humans from these chemical additives are well known, and many people go out of their way to avoid them.

All of these changes are a product of human - made climate change and all impose significant risks to human civilization.

Thus, feral cats assessed in this study appear to be of no greater risk to human beings or other cats than pet cats.

By understanding how pathogens are maintained in nature, we aim to identify novel targets for interventions to reduce disease risk to humans, wildlife, and domestic animal populations.

The potential cancer risk to humans is small, but there is no reason to accept any cancer risk from these products.

Climate change will increase risk to humans and nature.

The finding could help reduce health risks to humans on future missions into deep space.

Two have already been released; one found little risk to human health, while an economic analysis indicated that there might be future benefits to consumers and farmers.

Once inside a home, they can also bite and pose health risks to human family members.

Accordingly, safe chemical management is essential in avoiding risks to human health and international trade.

Once a product has been released for 20 years with no reported risks to human health and the environment, it can continue to be released or placed on the market without further approval.

However, with such enormous opportunities come unknown risks to human health and well - being.

In the short term, high levels of contact with these species during the exploitation phase may increase transmission risk to humans.

However, exposure estimates give an incomplete picture of coastal risks to human settlements because they do not consider existing or future adaptation measures that protect the exposed population and assets against coastal hazards.

It's not yet clear whether organic (or conventional) soil contains enough of these metals to pose a genuine risk to human health.

The disease posed a significant risk to both humans and dogs, and the potential spread to other communities and wildlife was a concern.

And all of the characteristics must be considered in terms of their potential risk to humans.

Trap - Neuter - Return programs give feral cats who can not be adopted a chance to live out their lives without posing a disease risk to humans.

The costs of wildfires, in terms of risks to human life and health, property damage, and state and federal dollars, are devastating, and they are only likely to increase unless we better address the risks of wildfires and reduce our activities that lead to further climate change.

Groomers have learned that flea and tick dips present serious risks to humans as well as the dogs.

Salmonella can affect animals eating the product, and there is risk to humans who handle the product, especially if the handler does not thoroughly wash his or her hands after having contact with the Product or any surfaces exposed to the product.

Culminating months of controversy and scientific debate, Wednesday's decision by the 12 advisers of the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction — part of the National Institutes of Health — is the first official, government action related to the plastics chemical.

Given the enormity of the affected cattle population in Great Britain, a means of assessing risk to the human population is paramount, and more sensitive methods for detection of prions are urgently needed, the researchers said.

Rabies Vaccine: This vaccine is required by law and will protect your pet from contracting rabies which is invariably fatal and is also serious risk to humans.

In the drylands of the Colorado's lower basin, formed by Nevada, Arizona and California, thunderstorms — known in meteorological parlance as convective precipitation — typically control runoff, stream flow, water supply and flood risk to human populations in addition to water availability to vegetation.

The American Chemistry Council continues to say «Human exposure to BPA from can coatings is minimal and poses no known risk to human health.»

At the so - called Earth Summit in Rio 20 years ago, the nations of the world ostensibly committed themselves to broad actions to improve the environmental situation as well as reduce risks to human society.

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans.

Drawing on the work of over 80 scientists from 12 countries, it sets out the likely nature and scale of changes to come and also looks at the probable economic consequences ocean warming poses as well as associated risks to human health and well - being.

It asserts: «As shown by the research, this well - understood phenomenon represents minimal risk to humans, animals, structures or the environment.»

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants licenses, or registrations, to pesticides that it has found do not pose unreasonable risks to human health and the environment; it has registered at least 865 pesticides, which are used in thousands of pesticide products.

Universities want to ensure that their researchers pose minimum risk to any human subjects they study.

These chemicals almost always pose small risks to humans; some are suspected carcinogens, while others are linked to skin and eye irritation.

A 2015 study that compared the toxicological threshold of marijuana for risk to human health with that of other drugs found that alcohol posed the highest risk, followed by heroin, cocaine and nicotine.

She Chairs the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of NASA's Translational Research Institute (TRI) at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, charged with researching and developing innovative approaches to reduce risks to humans on long - duration exploration missions, including NASA's Journey to Mars.

Over the past decade, expert panels assembled by the National Research Council have examined possible risks to human health and the environment, such as gene flow between organisms.

Such a conclusion has implications for risk communicators, including those seeking to disseminate messages about imperceptible environmental risks to human health through earned media ⎯ such as scientists, health professionals, government regulators, and others ⎯ the authors added.

MCMH should not be swallowed and may readily cause skin and eye irritation but it is not known to pose major risks to human health and safety.

In fact he's noted that the IPCC reports themselves describe a «vast array of uncertainties», but at the same time give rise to «well - supported concern that increasing emissions of CO2 (in particular) are posing a substantial risk to human society».

Finding a preservative system that will withstand the test of time without risk to human health is a challenge.

The chikungunya forecasts were made as part of the larger Cornell Climate and Disease Program, which considers risk to humans and wildlife, according to Drew Harvell, who studies coral disease at Cornell.

Current evidence supports the fact that pet cats pose a minimal zoonotic risk to their human companions.