Sentences with phrase «significant risks to human health»

Extreme heat poses significant risks to human health, particularly to vulnerable populations like the elderly.

The EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding has identified carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant carrying significant risks to human health and the environment.

The field trials were permitted by the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology research and development, after establishing that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and environment.

In addition, all Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environment.

Not exact matches

Some of the marketing material highlighted in Lion's cross claim includes: «A2 will improve human health through the consumption of a2 dairy milk products», «studies suggest that milk containing only the A2 type of protein may benefit you and your family if you're concerned with certain allergies, immune function or digestive wellbeing» and «there is significant evidence to suggest that beta casein A1 may be a primary risk factor for heart disease in adult men and also be involved in the progression of insulin dependent diabetes in children... Beta casein A1... is the most powerful risk factor ever discovered.»

A 2014 report to the UK Council for Science and Technology, for instance, concluded that «it is not appropriate to have a regulatory framework that is based on the premise that GM crops are more hazardous than crop varieties produced by conventional plant breeding», citing two decades of extensive studies that have not revealed significant risks to human, animal or environmental health.

That's going to have a significant impact on human health, by reducing risk for many types of diseases and by promoting wellness.»

-- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, modify, or amend any State, county, or local law, ordinance, or regulation applicable to food handling which is designed to protect the public health from individuals who pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others, which can not be eliminated by reasonable accommodation, pursuant to the list of infectious or communicable diseases and the modes of transmissability published by the Secretary of Health and Human Serhealth from individuals who pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others, which can not be eliminated by reasonable accommodation, pursuant to the list of infectious or communicable diseases and the modes of transmissability published by the Secretary of Health and Human Serhealth or safety of others, which can not be eliminated by reasonable accommodation, pursuant to the list of infectious or communicable diseases and the modes of transmissability published by the Secretary of Health and Human SerHealth and Human Services.

The dog meat trade is the only trade known to encourage the mass unregulated movement, sale and slaughter of millions of dogs each year, posing a significant human health risk...

This also poses a significant human health risk through the potential transmission of animal - borne diseases, such as rabies and cholera — and, of course, even more dangers to those who later choose to consume the meat.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

The activists declare their faith in the doctrine «that the problem of human - caused climate change is real, serious and immediate, and that this problem poses significant risks» to everything from national security via health and agriculture to biodiversity.

Then - president Derek Bok said it was out of a desire not to be associated with «companies engaged in significant sales of products that create a substantial and unjustified risk of harm to human health.»